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There was an infirmary part to the Workhouse but nothing in the way of records exist. The only records that could exist is if she was kept in the workhouse and once the children were 3 they would have gone into the onsite homes belonging to the Workhouse. They would have been documented then. https://www.sheffield.gov.uk/sites/default/files/docs/libraries-and-archives/archives-and-local-studies/research/Workhouses Study Guide v1-3.pdf

Hello, a few weekends ago I was looking at the online images of mixed silver lots shown for an upcoming auction. One mixed lot had a stand out dessert/ table knife in it. Luckily there was an extra larger image of the blade with a hallmark on. The hallmark contains a figural crown to indicate hallmarking at Sheffield and the A&O makers mark was familiar to me as the mark of Atkin & Oxley, who were Henry Atkin and John Oxley, Sheffield silversmiths from the first half of the 19th century. The lower case "r" dates the knife to 1837. I expected to see on the Forum plenty of posts relating to "Atkin & Oxley" but I found just this one from more than10 years ago. It was un-replied to, and maybe unloved, but It has had 1.1K viewings. It asks the question, is "Atkin & Oxley" of Sheffield, the "Oxley Atkin & Co" listed by SRO. I am not totally sure what "SRO" refers to, the "Sheffield Records Office or the Sheffield Assay Office (SAO)? Possibly the "Atkin & Oxley" complication stems from precursor concerns the pair were in. From the General & Commercial Directory of Sheffield, 1825, the entry was: Law and Oxley, (late John Law and Sons,) manufacturers of silver and plated dessert and fruit knives, pearl buttons;.&c. 100, Eyre st. . However a silver mark registered in Oct 1824 at Eyre st. was for: Joseph Law, John Oxley & Henry Atkin. (Plate workers). The mark was "LL" and has been seen on "Fork, fruit knife, knife blade" with the items noted 1823..1826. This Joseph Law, John Oxley & Henry Atkin Sheffield mark on a fork shows lower case "d" for 1827. That maker's mark was cancelled Apr 1829 but also in Apr 1829 "A&O" was registered to Henry Atkin & John Oxley at Eyre Street, Sheffield, and "A&O" has been noted on "fruit knife and cutlery" from 1828..1839. The reason for the "LL" cancellation could be explained by this London Gazette entry. Here are some more1820's-1830's trade directory entries . Pigot & Co.'s Directory of Ches, Cumb ..., 1828-29. [Part 2: Notts - Yorks & N Wales] Law, Atkin & Oxley (& manufacturers of gold and silver desert knives and fo1ks} 100 Eyre st They are also listed separately as table knife manufacturers, pearl cutters and workers, silver and plated manufacturers and as cutlery dealers but not specifically as manufacturers. The 1833 History & Directory of Sheffield, Rotherham : Atkin, Oxley, & Co. gold, silver, & plated table, dessert, fruit, & pen knife mfrs. pearl workers, &i. 43, Howard street Atkin Henry, cutlery mfr.; h. Shrewsbury cottage, Duke st. P. Oxley John, silver & plated cutlery mfr. ; h.43, Howard street Note the listings say that John Oxley lives at the Atkin, Oxley, & Co, works address of 43, Howard street. The 1841 Pigot & Co.'s Directory of Yorks, Leics ..., shows Atkin, Oxley & Co. are at 36 Howard St with about the same range of productions but are extra described as "merchants and manufacturers", further explained on the next entry. Table knife Manufacturers . (Marked thus • are Manufacturers of Silver and Plated on Steel Fruit and Dessert Knives and Forks.) •Atkin, Oxley & Co. 36 Howard st Not long after this trade entry Henry Atkin and John Oxley "seem" to have gone on separate paths. John Oxley in April 1841 registered his own mark "I.O" with the Sheffield Assay Office, the address being Charles Street, Sheffield, as a plate worker. Items noted as made by John Oxley have been "fish server, fruit knife, knife blade" made 1844..1864. He did in fact have 2, marginally different "I.O" marks. This above is a John Oxley mark with "A" for 1844 Slater's Directories of Important English Towns, 1847 could have confirmation of the split. Merchants, Factors and Manufacturers Atkin Henry, 32 Howard st Table knife Manufacturers (Marked thus * are Manufacturers of Silver and Plated on Steel Fruit and Dessert Knives and Forks) *Atkin Henry, 36 Howard st *Oxley John, 12 Charles st Pen & Pocket Knife Manufacturers. Oxley John, 12 Charles st The next entry from the same "Slater's" however, needs an explanation. Haft & Scale Cutters and Dealers. (See also Haft and Scale Pressers and Dealers.) Atkin, Oxley & Co. (pearl), Howard st Did both new firms need a supply of mother of pearl so they kept an interest in said production? In the 1852 Gazetteer & General Directory of Sheffield, John Oxley,12 Charles Street has a listing as "Pearl Cutters". That same trade directory listed "Henry Atkin & Co" at 32 Howard st. If you are still reading, here are a couple more images. First with a 1855 hallmark is a mother of pearl, silver bladed fruit knife. Now another Atkin & Oxley hallmark on a dessert knife blade with a date letter "S" for 1838 (William IV head present). Some loose ends now. The 2013 instigation of this post was the silver vinaigrette said to be made by Atkin&Oxley. There are no images of the item's hallmarks to be reviewed to confirm that maker. It is possible it was correctly identified but that partnership are not well known as makers of such items. Atkin, Oxley & Co were part of a continuing silver/silver plating dynasty. The succession runs: Thomas Law (& Co.) ca. 1750-1775 John Law [& Sons] 1775-1824 Law, Atkin & Oxley 1824-1829 Atkin, Oxley & Co. 1829-1840 Henry Atkin & Co. 1840-1853 In 1853 it became the prolific Atkin Bros. Ltd, closing circa 1960. In the early trade directories there are entries for another John Oxley, a shoe, bread, and butcher knife and steel manufacturer but at 18 Hollis Croft (History & Directory of Sheffield, Rotherham 1833). This became the firm of George & James Oxley at 77 Hollis Croft and later James Oxley at Garden Street. Kalfred

Dore Enclosure Map. 1822. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc07355&pos=15&action=zoom&id=106542 Marked: Manor of Hathersage, Burbage Brook, Burbage Rocks, Road from Buxton, Fox House, Buxton Turnpike Road [Hathersage Road], Road from Dronfield, Road from Stoney Middleton, Wooden Pole Road Stony Ridge Road], Dore Turnpike Road, Totley Moors, Dore, Chapel, Oxen Green, Road from Totley, Newfield Lane Road, Limb Gate [on Limb Lane], Standhills, Limb Dyke, Barber Fields, Spring, Ringing Low [Ringinglow], Site of Ringinglow Toll House and Norfolk Arms pub, Ringing Low Road [Long Line], Sparrowpit Gate Turnpike Road [Ringinglow Road], Ox Stones, Oxstone Dale Road, Parkinsons Spring, Red Car Road [Sheephill Road], Aqueduct, Sheep Hill Sping, Me and Jane [Meg and Jane?] Spring White Low Spring, White Low Road, Round Seats, Strawberry Lee Road, Upper Causeway Head, Intake Road [Ash House Lane], Nether Causey Head Road [Parkers Lane / Causeway Head Road], Whirlow Road [Rushley Road]. Tenants / owners marked: Numerous plots - Duke of Devonshire; 29, 30 James Wagstaff; 42 John Frith; 41, 44 Vicar of Dronfield; 50 Curate of Dore; 2, 36, 36a and 85 John Shearwood; 74, 75 Charles Greenwood; 65, 65a, 78, 79 School and Poor; 66 G. B. Greaves; 63, 86 Samuel Shore; 51, 87 Thomas Biggin; 31, 88 Hollis's Hospital; 73, 89 Edward Sampson; 62, 90 W. C. Bagshawe; 52, 91 John Cartledge; 34, 93 John Unwin; 93a I. Shepherd; 14, 32, 94 Henry Hancock; 61, 95 Thomas Fernehough; 6, 33, 96 Robert Moss; 37, 98 and 98 William Cunliffe Shawe; 49, 99 Sir George Sitwell; 48, 100 Dr Ewes Coke; 101 Thomas Bingham, clerk; 102 Joseph Badger's devisees; 103-104 George Canning Esquire; 71 W.G.; 70 P.T.?; 69 P.P.; 68 J.D.; 76 H.M. Scale: approx 5 inches : 1 mile. Surveyors: W and J Fairbank. Signed by the Enclosure Commissioners. Original at Sheffield City Archives: CA361/2.