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The landlord of the Royal Oak, Thomas Smith was constable in 1818. The King Street Debtors Gaol was next door to the Royal Oak and Smith was head gaoler. Information from: Sheffield Public Houses, Michael Liversidge. 728.5 SQ. Pudding Lane was renamed King Street. Was the Royal Oak previously called the Norfolk Arms? A plan of the jail, Godfrey Foxs' tenement called the Norfolk’s Arms, and Joseph Hawksleys' tenements with the conveniences to each, held of the Duke of Norfolk. 1792. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc03632&pos=414&action=zoom&id=99173 Tenement called the Norfolk Arms and Joseph Hawksley's Tenements with the Conveniences to each situate in Kings Street and held of the Duke of Norfolk. 1793. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc03424&pos=412&action=zoom&id=98689 Site plan; numerical list with tenants and measurements. Property on the north side of King Street. (King Street, Debtor's Jail). Tenements in King Street held of the Duke of Norfolk by Joseph Hawksley, [1790] https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc03631&pos=413&action=zoom&id=99172 Extract from articles and letters from The Sheffield and Rotherham Independent 1872/3, edited by Robert Eadon Leader 1875. "Reminiscences of Sheffield, it's, Streets and it's People." Pages 89-91 Johnson: In the lower part of King Street, where is now Mr. Hunt's flour shop, was formerly the father of Mr. John Jones, before he removed into the premises still occupied by his son in the Market Place. Leonard: I remember the Square just above there, now represented by Garside and Shaw's timber yard and Castle Court, where fruit and fish dealers congregated. It was called "The Green Market," and was disused after December, 1851. Everard: Ah, that market was formed on the site of the old debtors' gaol, taken down in 1818. A curious place, indeed, according to our notions. It was a stone building, not very large, the gaoler being Godfrey Fox. People were incarcerated there for ridiculously small debts, and often for alehouse scores. The prisoners used to work at their trades, and you might hear cutlers and file-cutters hammering away as if they had been in their shops. Friends brought the work and took it back again, and also supplied the prisoners with food. Leonard: The debtors then made themselves tolerably comfortable? Everard: Oh, dear yes. It was a ***** kind of imprisonment. The gaol was often thronged with visitors until nine o'clock. There was a prisoner in each room, above and below, who solicited the passers-by to "remember the poor prisoners." The one above had a tin box suspended by a string; and the other, in the lower room, with his hand through the window, held a similar box. Twiss: In 1791, at the same time that Broomhall was attacked, the mob destroyed the doors and windows of the gaol and the house of Godfrey Fox, and liberated the prisoners. It was the prison for the liberty of Hallamshire, and the property of the Duke of Norfolk. Everard: There were two classes of prisoners, the fees in what was called the "High Court" being 25s.; in the "Low Court," only 6d. There was, in addition, "garnish," 2s. 6d. for the High Court, and Is. 2d. for the Low, with which coals, candles and soap were bought for the common benefit of the prisoners. Nield, in his "Remarks on the Prisons of Yorkshire," describes his visits to the place in 1802. There was, he reported, no chaplain, nor any religious attention paid to the prisoners. Mr. Moorhouse, the surgeon to the overseers of the poor, attended to the sick. The High Court prisoners had a room about five yards square, which had two windows looking into the street. Up-stairs there were four rooms, two for men to sleep in, and one for women, the fourth being used as a workshop. The keeper furnished beds at 10d. per week, two sleeping in a bed. The Low Court prisoners, or those detained for debts under 40s. (three months' imprisonment being held to release them from their debt and costs), had two rooms, about five yards by four, with a fire-place, and iron-grated windows looking into the court. In these they worked and slept, which made them "filthy beyond description." Four rooms had lately been added at the top of the house, one of which was used for the women at night. Twiss: When Howard, the prison philanthropist, visited the place sometime before, it would seem that these upper rooms were not in existence, for he reported that there were only two rooms, which were also used as night rooms for debtors of both sexes. Leonard: Nield adds that the Low Court prisoners found their own straw and firing. The courtyard had a damp earthen floor, and was about ten yards by six. Both sexes associated together in it; and at his visit on Sunday, the 15th August, 1802, the Low Court prisoners were busy sifting cinders in it, the ashes of which they sold for three shillings a load. Everard: After Godfrey Fox, Thomas Smith, constable, was gaoler, and at the same time kept the "Royal Oak," which was next to the gaol. On the gaol being pulled down, he and the prisoners removed to the premises in Scotland Street, formerly a merchant's warehouse, with the house adjoining as his residence. Mr. Joseph Kirk succeeded him. Wragg: Thirty years ago, in one of the little market shops that then stood on the site of the old gaol, was Mrs. Horsfield, the mother of two Unitarian ministers, the Rev. T. W. Horsfield, the historian of Lewes, and the Rev. Frederick Horsfield. Debtor's Prisons. https://institutionalhistory.com/debtors-prisons/ The Law in Sheffield: From Sheffield Castle to West Bar. Aug 2021. https://sheffielder.net/2021/08/01/the-law-in-sheffield-from-sheffield-castle-to-west-bar/

I think u01083 is looking west in the yard to the north west of the junction of Hawley Lane and Hawley Croft. The wall and building at the end of the yard are visible in v00922 (same worn bricks visible)- No idea about Beckett though. Plenty in the 1891 and 1901 census, but none spotted on Hawley Lane/Croft or Tenter Street.

If it is Hawley Lane then the photographer must have been standing a little further back from where you're indicating.... On the corner of Hawley Lane and Hawley Croft looking towards Silver Street Head. The only Street lights are on that corner and at the other end with the junction of School Croft. Had a go at improving the image looking the other way towards Rawsons Hotel, School Croft showing the light on the right.

Alastair,It did. The tram route was extended up Stubbin Lane and thence via a 90 degree bend up Barnsley Road to a new terminus at Sheffield Lane Top. ….it served a few roads only on the very large( said to have been the single largest housing development in Europe when built) Low Shiregreen Estate..

Aerial view - City Centre including City Hall (under construction) and Regent Cinema, Barker's Pool, Town Hall and St. Paul's Church, Pinstone Street, rear of Grand Hotel, Leopold Street, Fargate, on left and Surrey Street in background. 1931.s12337 Demolition in progress, Grand Hotel, Leopold Street and the junction with Orchard Lane, former Marshall and Snelgrove, fashion specialists left. January 1974.s26050

Proposed Hotel (Grand Hotel or Hotel Leopold), Leopold Street, Sheffield - Basement Plan. 1906. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc02091&pos=36&action=zoom&id=76243 Sections. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc02090&pos=35&action=zoom&id=76242 Grand Hotel, Leopold Street at the junction with (right) Orchard Lane. Postcard postmarked 1910. p01380 This image was originally part of the Tim Hale Photographic Collection. It was purchased at auction in September 2019 through donations from members of the public and a grant from the Graves Trust. Leopold Street, showing Grand Hotel, Education Committee Offices and Central Secondary Schools. 1910.s00171 Advertisement for The Grand Hotel, Leopold Street. 1916. y05275 Image from Sheffield Telegraph Year Book 1916 (page 224) (Local Studies 032.74 S).

Wonder if there's a connection. Link to: Welcome Gillatt, rat catcher, 169 Woodside Lane. https://www.sheffieldhistory.co.uk/forums/topic/7121-fine-name-not-sure-about-the-job/ A view of the abode of Welcome Gillatt. s20731 No. 163, corner shop, 165 and 181, Woodside Lane October 1957 demolished in 1959. Photographer:Kodak Medical Photography per Medical Officer of Health. Did he or his son move on to be a publican?

Sheffield History Public Houses A-Z: Fountain. 7 Pinfold Street Open 1822. Closed Comments 1822 address 7 Townhead Cross, 1825 address 7 Pinfold Street Also 19 Pinfold Street 1816-17 Thomas Bramley [Trippet Lane] 1822 John Richards 1825 John Richards [7 Pinfold Street ] 1828 John Richards 1830 John Richards 1833 John Richards [ 7 Pinfold Street ] 1834 Thomas Wood 1837 George Marriott 1839 Joseph Gregory [ 19 Pinfold Street ] 1841 John Greaves 1845 Eliza Housley (19 Pinstone street) 1846 Eliza Housley 1849 Elizabeth Housley 1851 Elizabeth Housley 1852 Elizabeth Housley 1854 Elizabeth Housley 1856 Elizabeth Housley 1859 W. Earnshaw 1862 William Earnshaw (19 Pinfold Street). Fountain Public House Pinfold Street. https://pubshistory.com/Yorkshire/SheffieldF/FountainPinfold.shtml

Ref No:u01080 Unidentified Licensed Premises, possibly Crofts area. Date period 1900-1919. Suggestions include Button Lane. Street name appears to end in T L possibly something Lane. A search of the Picture Sheffield website will be needed for this one. I don't think we'll have anyone old enough to remember this one. https://www.picturesheffield.com

Does anyone have any memories or pictures of the Corner Shop on Derbyshire Lane in Meersbrook. I have looked on Picture Sheffield and found one picture but any extra info or pictures would be great. I am Assistant Producer for Wall to Wall media and we are filming the next back in Time series for the BBC in Sheffield this summer. Thanks!

White Bear Yard. A quote from Archives and Local Studies Study Leaflet. "Street Names of Central Sheffield." "A lane will admit some traffic; an alley has front doors in it; a jennel runs between the side walls of buildings; but a yard is a weird and wonderful thing. lt begins as the yard of an inn - the middle part of the White Bear Yard still exists as a jennel behind the Victoria Hall" Can we find more information about White Bear Inn and White Bear Yard and Walk?

And in case you don’t have one of these yet - a Guest and Chrimes cover from Graves Park (in grass to east of north drive from main lodge on Derbyshire Lane, between the commemorative oak trees).

Any photos of the coal depot& tramway that led the nunnery colliery.

It seems strange, that there are photo's of the Isolation Huts & Demolition at the Crimicar Lane Hospital, yet, despite much searching, I have never found any of the Huts that were at Lodge Moor

Bernard Seale, plumber, glazier & gas fitter, 27 Church Street & Attercliffe Bridge. Advertisement from Illustrated Guide to Sheffield, Pawson and Brailsford. 1862. Whites Directory 1852 Seale, Bernard, plumber, glazier, gas fitter, beer machine etc., manufacturer and coal owner (Smith and Seale) 27 Church Street. Smith & Seale, coal owners, Attercliffe and 31 North Street. Whites Directory 1857 Seale, Bernard, plumber & glaziers, 27 Church Street Seale, Bernard, glass & lead merchants, 27 Church Street. Directory 1862 Seale, Bernard, plumber, glazier, gas fitter, coal master and agent to the Birmingham Plate Glass Co., 25 Church Street and manufacturer of sanitary drain pipes and chimney pots etc., Attercliffe. What else can we find about Bernard Seale and Smith & Seale?

Springvale House Open Air School, pre-1968. s30481 This school had accommodation for 140 'delicate' pupils and was officially opened by Councillor A. Neal in October 1919. s30482 Also an entrance drive to Springvale on the OS Map 1889. 294.11.3 from Park Lane. https://maps.nls.uk/view/231282594#zoom=3&lat=7572&lon=9797&layers=BT

William West occupant of Windy Hill Farm, gave up farming in November 1864, he died aged 69 at the Shrewsbury Hospital in June 1867. In 1865 W Hodgson was the occupant (no sign of any sale of the farm itself). In March 1868 William Dodson was the occupant (he had some brasses from a threshing machine stolen by an employee). In November 1890 the Norton Ploughing Association met at the Bagshawe Arms to present William Dodson with a silver cup, as first prize for the best cultivated farm within six miles of Norton. In October 1891 William decided that he was leaving the neighbourhood and advertised all his live and dead stock for sale - this included 4 horses, 18 cattle and 20 sheep. In 1892 J.H. Bryars, a veterinary surgeon, was the occupant of Windy House Farm. Again there was no notice of sale, so the farm was presumably rented. In January 1891 William saw a man in his brother Edward's field in Strawberry Lane, Darnall, with a gun. He challenged him and the man presented a game licence in someone else's name. The man raised his gun and looking along the barrel said "If you come a step further I shall blow out your brains". The muzzle of the gun was about a yard from William's chest. He swept his stick up and knocked the gun upwards, whereupon it went off. In May, the man (William Siddall) was fined 30s and costs for the trespass and for threatening Mr Dodson he was bound over to keep the peace for 6 months, On leaving Windy House, William Dodson went to farm at Sprotbrough ("The Shires"), with his brother (?) John an agricultural horseman on the farm. William became a Justice of the Peace, Chairman of the Council in 1915-16 and was prominent in the foundation of the National Farmers Union. He died in a Doncaster nursing home in March 1929. He was twice married (Eliza died aged 44 in June 1877), and he left a widow (Elizabeth) and one son.

I came across this postcard of Little Norton for sale on Ebay, anyone able to say exactly where this was taken please? I can only assume it must be Little Norton Lane, maybe looking up towards Graves Park? Looks like a possible farm house at the far right and I know there did used to be a farm on that road..

Cherrytree Orphanage, Mickley Lane, became a Leonard Cheshire care homre

Link to: Manor Road Names. Question asked how did Windyhouse Lane get its name. https://www.sheffieldhistory.co.uk/forums/topic/5470-manor-road-names/

Whilst we are on the topic of Victorian dentists I wonder how many of us were given the dubious “treat” of a trip to Owler Lane School for the extraction of an aching tooth? The early experience put me off dentists for life…and I am now 80!

Diplomats Lodge, 108 Shirecliffe Lane S3 9AE https://www.letsbookhotel.com/en/uk/sheffield/hotel/diplomats-lodge.aspx Shirecliffe House, Parkwood College, Department of Management, Shirecliffe Lane. https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/photos/item/IOE01/12293/15 Shirecliffe House Grade II Listed Building. Listed 28th June 1973. built about 1840, bomb damaged WWII, restored 1950. https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101247375-shirecliffe-house-parkwood-college-department-of-management-burngreave-ward#.ZBEgSuynxkw Whites Directory 1911 Siddall, Charles E, managing director of Sheffield Forge & Rolling Mills Co. Ltd. h. Shirecliffe House, Shirecliffe Lane, Pitsmoor. Sheffield Forge & Rolling Mills Co. Ltd., tilters, forges, rollers and cold drawers of steel, Millsands, cold drawing department, Bridge Street. Local Studies Sheffield Telegraph Obituary List. Charles E Siddall, chairman & managing director of Sheffield Forge & Rolling Mills, 1st February 1938. Descendant of Charles E Siddall, he was with the company for around 53 years. https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=581438.0 Whites Directory 1905. Ibbotson, Charles A, corn miller, (H&W) h. Shirecliffe House, 108 Shirecliffe Lane Ibbotson, Henry D, corn miller (H&W) Shirecliffe House, 108 Shirecliffe Lane Ibbotson, Mrs.Susan Ann, 108 Shirecliffe Lane Ibbotson, William, corn miller (H& W) Shirecliffe House, 108 Shirecliffe Lane Ibbotson, H&W, corn millers & corn merchants, Britannia Mills, Alma Street & 44 Corn Exchange. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;t03724&pos=162&action=zoom&id=34058 Lorry of H&W Ibbotson https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;t07661&pos=62&action=zoom&id=97374 Whites Directory 1879. Jowitt, Mrs. Ann, Shirecliffe House Possibly the widow of Thomas Jowitt??? His wife was named Ann according to Graces Guide. Jowitt, Thomas & Sons, merchants and manufacturers of steel, files and engineers tools &etc, Scotia Works, Warren Street. Whites Directory 1862. Jowitt, Thomas, mert and mnfr of steel, files and machine knives &etc. Royds Works, Attercliffe Road, h. Crabtree House. https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Thomas_Jowitt_and_Sons

Edmund posted this lease which has Colliers Row marked: A plan of the late John Curr’s leasehold property in Sheffield Park [Duke Street] 1823. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc04185&pos=3&action=zoom&id=104944 Marked: Furnace, foundry, gardens, proposed roads, Colliers Row, Clay Wood Road, ropery, Duke Street, [road] to Granville Lane, Robert Calver, Is this the same Colliers Row or was there another at a later period? Colliers Row, Long Henry Street, Park, from junction with The Green, left. January 1940. u00198

I had a walk on Broad Lane today, to take a photo of what was the house that the Duke Of Norfolk had built for his eldest son in 1704, its listed and its great little house. I had a chat with the present owner who furnished me with the info. Its also great to see the cobbles of the livestock market still in situ, unfortunately cars spoilt the full view of them.

Nos. 322 JKS Pest Control (former corner shop); 320, Ray's Furniture Store; 318-316; 314, Carl Gough, dental technician; 312, H. Skelton, jeweller; 310, Hair Magic, ladies hairdressers and 308, Bramall Lane from the junction with Harrington Road. August 1974.s24897