Guest Gramps Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 These maps are a snapshot of the water-powered industrial sites on the river Loxley as they were in 1850. The Loxley valley suffered a devastating flood in 1864 with the failure of the Dale Dyke Dam so things may have changed a little after all the rebuilding had been completed. Some of the wheels are not named or the names are difficult to read on these maps so I have numbered them as per the list below. Map Loxley_1 1. Low Bradfield Corn Mill (not shown on map) 2. Damflask Corn Mill 3. Damflask Paper Mill also known as Dunham Park or Whitham Wheel 4. Stacey Wheel 5. Storrs Bridge Forge/Wheel Map Loxley_2 6. Loxley Old Wheel also known as Loxley Plane Wheel 7. Rowel Wheel also known as Rowell Bridge Wheel or Darwent Wheel 8. Olive Wheel/Olive Paper Mill 9. Cliffe Wheel 10. Low Matlock Wheel also known as Boggey and Lower Cliff Wheel Map Loxley_3 11. Carr Wheel or Ashton Carr Wheel 12. Green Wheel 13. Glass Tilt 14. Broadhead Wheel also known as Loxley Steel Works (Denton's Forge) (OS mistakenly show this as Broomhead Wheel) 15. Scythe Wheel also known as Wisewood Scythe Wheels/Forge 16. Wisewood Forge and Rolling Mill (Bradshaw Wheel) Map Loxley_4 17. Malin Bridge Grinding Wheel or Corn Mill 18. Turner Wheel or La Plata Works 19. Limbrick or Limerick Wheels 20. Upper Owlerton Wheel 21. Nether Owlerton Wheel 22 Owlerton Mill Map Loxley_5 23. Birley Meadows Works (Wheel and Tilt) 24. Upper Slack Wheel 25. Nether Slack Wheel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jeremy Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 When this map was drawn my GGGG grandfather was a tilter at Loxley Old Wheel. Jeremy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gramps Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 Ah ! - a spark of interest. Thank you Jeremy According to David Crossley et al. at that time the wheel was owned by the Newboulds and rented by the Dentons who were 'Tilters and Forgers'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jeremy Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 Thanks Gramps. I need to get hold of the David Crossley book. Here's the people listed as living at the Old Wheel in the 1851 census. The John Denton (age 69) and Rachel Denton (age 65) are my GGGG grandparents. Henry and Edwin Denton were two of their children, and I think that the Thomas Denton may have been John Denton's nephew. The 1-year-old Joseph Denton would be drowned by the Sheffield Flood in March 1864. Henry Denton Head Mar 28 Tilter Yorkshire, Old Wheel, Bradfield Martha Denton Wife Mar 32 Derbyshire, Matlock Frederick Denton Son 3 Yorkshire, Bradfield Ann Denton Dau 1 Yorkshire, Old Wheel, Bradfield Joseph Green Ap U 16 Tilters Apprentice Yorkshire, Sheffield Thomas Newton Head Mar 28 Saw Grinder Yorkshire, Barnsley Eliza Newton Wife Mar 27 Derbyshire, Bakewell Mary Newton Dau 5 Yorkshire, Bradfield Samuel Newton Son 3 Yorkshire, Bradfield Samuel Newton Brother U 20 Warehouseman Yorkshire, Barnsley George Beramoor Head Wid 69 Labourer Yorkshire, Treaton Henry Westnage Lodger Mar 29 Carter Yorkshire, Catcliffe Ann Westnage Lodger Mar 34 Yorkshire, Bradfield John Denton Head Mar 69 Tilter Yorkshire, Bradfield Rachel Denton Wife Mar 65 Yorkshire, Bradfield Thomas Denton Head Mar 21 Tilter Yorkshire, Bradfield Betsy Denton Wife Mar 21 Yorkshire, Attercliffe Joseph Denton Son 1 Yorkshire, Bradfield Charles Foster Head Mar 55 Grinder Yorkshire, Sheffield Martha Foster Wife Mar 53 Yorkshire, Sheffield Mary Beighton G Dau 4 Yorkshire, Bradfield Edwin Denton Head Mar 34 Forgeman Yorkshire, Bradfield Hannah Denton Wife Mar 34 Yorkshire, Sheffield Sarah Denton Dau 10 Scholar Yorkshire, Bradfield John Denton Son 9 Scholar Yorkshire, Bradfield Mary Denton Dau 7 Scholar Yorkshire, Bradfield Joseph Denton Son 6 Scholar Yorkshire, Bradfield Edwin Denton Son 5 Scholar Yorkshire, Bradfield Henry Denton Son 3 Yorkshire, Bradfield Albert Denton Son 2 Yorkshire, Bradfield Elizabeth Denton Dau 1 Yorkshire, Bradfield Henry Sanderson App 18 Forgemans Apprentice Yorkshire, Bradfield Robert Westnage Head Mar 27 Farm Labourer Yorkshire, Rotherham Hannah Westnage Wife Mar 35 Yorkshire, Bradfield Emelia Westnage Dau 4 Yorkshire, Bradfield Sarah Ann Westnage Dau 2 Yorkshire, Bradfield Hannah Bancroft In law Wid 66 Yorkshire, Bradfield Wm Atkin Lodger U 21 Farm Servant Yorkshire, Ecclesfield Old Wheel after the flood: 01 02 Is this the Newbould company that owned the Old Wheel? Jeremy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gramps Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Jeremy The book is certainly worth having, but hard to get hold of. The only copies I can see on-line are the old 1996 edition but that seems to have all the references to the Denton family that can be found in the 2006 edition. The main difference between the two is that the later edition is in colour on art paper rather than greyscale on ordinary paper. There are a couple of copies of the 1996 edition available via ABE Books at the moment. The Denton family appear to have had an interest in several other wheels, - Broadhead wheel, Green wheel, Birley Meadows tilt, Whitley Wood forge and the Damflask paper mill, - there is also some info about Benjamin Denton at Damflsak in the book Sheffield Papermakers. Newbould bought the Loxley Old wheel outright in 1807. In the 1820s he built six houses plus pig styes, barns and a cow house to which were later added another house, a stable and a coach house. I've modified the attached plan of 1850 to reflect a plan of 1864; it had become a small hamlet by that time. Plan Loxley Old wheel 1864 "The Newboulds sold the wheel and their town centre property and moved to the east end of Sheffield in 1884" The Bridgefield works (and Bridgefield House) on Sheffield Picture.com may be the town centre property alluded to, but this stood at the corner of South street (The Moor) and Ecclesall road. I'd need to check some directories for better information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delia Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 Hi Jeremy, John Denton Head Mar 69 Tilter Yorkshire, Bradfield Rachel Denton Wife Mar 65 Yorkshire, Bradfield were also my G G G G Grandparents. I descend from their eldest daughter Mary b1805, she married John Burkinshaw in 1836. Perhaps we could swap info? Regards Delia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jeremy Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 Hi Jeremy, John Denton Head Mar 69 Tilter Yorkshire, Bradfield Rachel Denton Wife Mar 65 Yorkshire, Bradfield were also my G G G G Grandparents. I descend from their eldest daughter Mary b1805, she married John Burkinshaw in 1836. Perhaps we could swap info? Regards Delia Hi Delia, I guess that that makes us 5th cousins. I'm about to send you a private message with my email address. Email me and I'll send you an invite to my tree on Ancestry. Jeremy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwiconnection Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 Hi Folks Quite likely this subject is long gone and forgotten but I have just discovered it. Its not that we in New Zealand are that far behind, more a case that your centre of attention changes. John Denton and Rachel are my 4x Great Grandparents and I am a Denton through the Anne Denton, Thomas Roxbrough Denton line. I am stuck at John Denton bn 1750 if anyone can give me some clues. My Tree is on Ancestry Andrew Denton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THYLACINE Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 Enough Rope ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 WEIRS on the RIVER LOXLEY, Bradfield, Sheffield, South Yorkshire: Heritage Statement. 5.2 MB ..http://www.dcrt.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/LOXLEY_WEIRS_STATEMENT.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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