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  1. Ponytail

    Dixon Lane, bridge over the river.

    The Canal Basin measured for the Duke of Norfolk, with the line of Exchange Street plotted, [1817] https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc04186&pos=50&action=zoom&id=104945 Marked: The Wicker, Blonk Street, Ladys Bridge, weir, River Dun [River Don], intended bridge [Blonk Bridge], Wain Gate, Town Hall, Castle Hill, Castle Street, Castle Folds, Hay Market, Tontine [Tontine Inn], Dixon Lane, Sheaf Bridge, River Sheaf [intended bridge], Broad Steet, hospitals and chapel [Shrewsbury Hospital], shuttle, warehouses, [canal] Basin, Soap House. Plan of Sheffield Castle about 1700 (1706?) drawn in the 1930s https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;y09509&pos=56&action=zoom&id=64229 A plan of the House, Croft, etc. near the Hospitals held under the Duke of Norfolk by George Crook, containing in all 3a [acres], 3r [rods], 3p [perches] 1769. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc03384&pos=61&action=zoom&id=98620 Land between Broad Street, the River Sheaf and South Street. Crookes [Crook's] Croft, on the west bank of the Sheaf, south of the Shrewsbury Hospital; new Coal Road marked, with acreage taken for it; buildings, summer house and well; acreage of the whole. Coloured, on parchment. (Sheaf Lane, Sheaf Street, Granville Hill, South Street, Shrewsbury Hospital)
  2. Ponytail

    Dixon Lane, bridge over the river.

    Property on the corner of Castle Folds and Broad Street, on the bank of the River Sheaf, [1821-1827] https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc03421&pos=3&action=zoom&id=98685 The site of Castlefolds Market. Shows Dixon Lane & Hospital Bridge. Needs a bit of manipulation to view. Scanned upside down. Plan of the property on the west bank of the River Sheaf, between the Hospital bridge and the bridge leading to the Canal basin [Exchange Street], [c. 1817-1821] https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc03420&pos=2&action=zoom&id=98683 Premises numbered and listed with tenants and yardages. Tontine Inn. (site of Castlefolds Market). Dixon Lane.
  3. Ponytail

    Dixon Lane, bridge over the river.

    The Canal Basin measured for the Duke of Norfolk, with the line of Exchange Street plotted, [1817] https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc04186&pos=5&action=zoom&id=104945 Marked: The Wicker, Blonk Street, Ladys Bridge, weir, River Dun [River Don], intended bridge [Blonk Bridge], Wain Gate, Town Hall, Castle Hill, Castle Street, Castle Folds, Hay Market, Tontine [Tontine Inn], Dixon Lane, Sheaf Bridge, River Sheaf [intended bridge], Broad Steet, hospitals and chapel [Shrewsbury Hospital], shuttle, warehouses, [canal] Basin, Soap House.
  4. SteveHB

    Dixon Lane, bridge over the river.

    Pond Hill (Dyer's Hill), and Harmer Lane, Bedford Dam (south), Ponds Dam (north). c.1853
  5. Ponytail

    Dixon Lane, bridge over the river.

    Plan of part of the town of Sheffield, comprising the site of the present and proposed corn, hay and cattle markets, also various improvements connected with the latter. 1827. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc04183&pos=13&action=zoom&id=104936 With illustrations of proposed Corn Exchange, elevation of the houses fronting the new Hay Market, and an elevation of the bridge over the Dun [Don]. Reference a - proposed corn exchange and office, b - erections on each side of Corn Exchange, c - weighing machine, d - row of shops. Inns in the immediate vicinity of the present Hay and Corn Markets 1 George, 2 King’s Head, 3 Angel, 4 Commercial, 5 Yellow Lion, 6 Tontine, 7 Healeys Hotel. The sites of the present Hay, Corn and Cattle markets are coloured red, and proposed are coloured blue. Other improvements are shown in yellow. Marked are: Market Place, Angel Street, Angel Inn, old corn market, King Street, post office, Change Alley, Kings Head, Fruit Market, Market Street, Norfolk Street, John Street, Commercial Inn, Hay Market, Yellow Lion, Pond Lane, Shude Hill, Fish Market, Dixon Lane, Tontine Inn, Castle Folds, Castle Hill, Healeys Hotel, Sheaf Bridge, River Sheaf, canal bridge, proposed Hay market, proposed Corn Market, Broad Street, Canal Basin, Canal Warehouse, market for fat cattle, lean cattle and milch cows, pig market, sheep market, River Dun [River Don], Willey Street, Blonck Street, Wicker, Cattle Market, Ladys Bridge, Bridge Street, Wain Gate, Town Hall, Killing Shambles and Castle Street. Plan of part of the town of Sheffield showing the existing markets, the property of His Grace the Duke of Norfolk, and the projected improvements. 1847. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc04187&pos=14&action=zoom&id=104946 Marked: Change Alley, Norfolk Street, Bakers Hill, Pond Lane, Market Street, Shude Hill, present Shambles, King Street, Old Hay Market, Angel Street, Post Office, Castle Street, Snig Hill, Town Hall, Waingate, Killing Shambles, Castle Hill, Castle Folds, Dixon Lane, proposed market [Norfolk Market Hall], River Sheaf, new market ground, fountain, Corn Market, Broad Street, Hay Market, Exchange Street, canal warehouse, Canal Wharf, Canal Basin, Blast Furnace Road, Sheaf Works, Wharf Street, Effingham Street, Maltravers Street, fair ground [fairground], cattle market, River Don, reservoir, Willey Street, Blonk Street, Wicker, Nursery Street, Wicker Lane, Stanley Street, Stanley Lane, Andrew Street, Johnson Street, Walker Street, Manchester Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway, Midland Railway Station [Wicker Railway Station] and railway station [Bridgehouses Station].
  6. Ponytail

    Dixon Lane, bridge over the river.

    This Map shows Dixon Lane and the "Bridge" known as Hospital Bridge and the confluence of the Rivers Sheaf & Don. A map of the dams, goights and other works belonging to the Pond Forge Co together with some other intermediate properties. 1820. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc04213&pos=15&action=zoom&id=105197 Boardman's Bridge, wear [weir], Porter Brook, goight, River Sheaf, Upper Dam, Sheaf Lane, bridge, Upper Forge Wheel, dam, Upper Forge, Sheaf Mill, steam engine, Lower Forge, grinding wheel, arched goight, tail goight, Shude Hill, Hospital Bridge, hospitals, Sheaf Bridge, Castle Orchards Wear [weir], River Dun [River Don], Pond Street, Forge Lane, Pond Well Hill. Late Joseph Ward, John Hounsfield, Josiah Blackwell, late Abraham Wright, S. Woodcock and Sons, Joseph Blackburn, Thomas Mearbeck and Co., S. Rawson and Co. [?Thomas Rawson and Co], Joseph Shimmeld, John Vickers, Sheffield Gas Light Co., S. and S. Darwin, Sarah Beeley, Widow Beardsall, John Hale, Widow Badger, and J. B. Ward.
  7. When was the course of the river in the Ponds and the Dixon Lane area covered over ? I'm talking about the stretch from Pond Hill to the junction of the River Don When open to view, were any photos taken ? Remains of the bridge over the river at the bottom of Dixon Lane were discovered when the new building at that location was being constructed. Time wasn't allowed by contractors for a detailed examination, what a shame !
  8. Looking towards Howard Street and Eyre Lane from Howard Street (Dinner Hour) Club for Working Women and Girls (left), former premises of Thomas Otley and Sons, Britannia Metal Manufacturers, left. 1963. s15501 Photographer: P Fletcher
  9. Mr John Hobson Scissor Manufacturer 38 Taptonville Road The finely worked initials of J H can be seen over the entrance to what was John Hobson’s front door at 38 Taptonville Road, the following pre-amble is from the great work done by the Broomhill Social History Group. In 1850 Sheffield was entering a period of major expansion and Broomhill was a favoured location for the homes of successful manufacturers and professional classes. In the 18th century the fields now occupied by Taptonville Rd were owned by Samuel Shore Esq., a local gentleman who lived in Tapton Grove, situated on Shore Lane where Tapton Hall (the Masonic Hall) now stands. A comparison of the 1851 map of the area with the present day illustrates how the pattern of the modern streets closely follows the pre-development field boundaries and lanes. Typically, the streets run through the centres of the original fields and the field boundaries are along the back garden walls of the houses. In 1850, Scissor manufacturer John Hobson purchased the fields that would become Taptonville Road and planned the development of the road, placing his own family home, Tapton Elms, in prime position on the highest ground at the head of the road. The gentility of the neighbourhood was assured by laying out the street with sizeable plots that were developed during the 1850s and 1860s with large, elegant houses of individual design standing in spacious gardens. Many of the successful industrialists in Sheffield were investing in property during this period. • No.1: was built in 1853 by Joseph Wright Bishop, one of a pair with 246 Fulwood Rd. • No’s 2, 4 and 6 were all built in 1855 by Robert Booth (originally a tailor, then property developer). • No’s 3, 5 and 7: were built in 1852 by William Greenwood, (property investor), who lived for a time in no.3 and then later in no. 5. • No.8 Built in 1861 by Charles Fleming (an engraver) as his own family home • No.10 Built in 1870 by J F Littlewood (a cooper) as his own family home • No’s 9 to 19: Built 1852 by George Deakin (originally a silversmith, then property developer) who lived for a while in no.17. The Hobson’s originated from Bradfield, the founder of the scissor empire, Joseph married a certain Miss Hinchcliffe who’s father was already making a good living producing scissors, Joseph Hobson is listed in the 1787 directory of the town, he was still in Bradfield at that time along with his son George, sometime before 1825 he had moved to Sheffield as he’s listed as a fine scissor maker, producing scissors from his works at 8 New Church Street, the yard where he made is scissors was named Hobson’s Yard after him, this street along with the yard was demolished and the present town hall was built over it, Josephs house was at 3 Surrey Street, it’s a strong possibility that he had access to the rear of his works from the rear of his house, by 1845, Joseph died on the 14th of September 1847 aged 75, the production was moved to 71 Arundel Street, his son John also moved house to 18 Surrey Street. I don’t know the circumstances but in 1879 John is working at 95 Arundel Street which probably stood near to where the Cossack stood, his old premises at 71 Arundel Street became the Talbot public house, which was run by two women, Miss Mary Norris and Miss Agnes Parsons in 1878ish. John Hobson’s family house was started in 1851 and completed in 1853. The gardens of Tapton Elms dominate the vistas north and south along Taptonville road. The ornamental garden to the south of the house’s principal façade has been lost under the two L-shaped disused student residence blocks now standing within this area. Further south, the half-acre walled kitchen garden of Tapton Elms has a highly decorative entrance gateway facing the street; all four boundary walls and gateways of this garden are still intact. Tapton Elms was the home for more than 70 years of the Hobson family. They were an old Sheffield family with a long history in the scissor manufacturing industry dating back to the 17th century .The Hobson’s’ business enterprises linked them to several of Sheffield’s best-known companies through a series of alliances and mergers, as well as trading under their own name for many years. For nearly half a century John Hobson drove the family business, it was known for its fine tailors shears and scissors, in the census of 1871 the firm employed 120 people half of which were women. John the driving force of the firm retired in 1882 and he died unexpectedly at Tapton Elms on the 20th of February 1889, after visiting his friend Frederick Mappin ( Mappin & Webb / Mappin's Brewery) at Thornbury, now Thornbury Hospital, as Tony Morton now knows after brilliant surgery there. The business was passed on to one of his sons, Albert, when John retired, who was just 21, this young man was severely crippled and could not walk without two strong walking sticks, when his father died he sold the business and order book to Joseph Rodgers, Albert along with his brother Wilfred joined the board of directors. Albert suffered great loss in the WW I his two sons, Leslie aged 19 was killed on 12th of July 1915 and his other son Alan lost his life on 28th of August 1916 age 23, for what? Tapton Elms is now being turned into flats by the look of it a sad end to a great house. I must point out that the history of Hobson & Son was gleaned from Geoff Tweeddale’s Directory of Sheffield Cutlery Manufacturers , thanks Geoff.
  10. Ponytail

    The Pheasant Inn (Beerhouse) / Stumble Inn

    Artists impression of Attercliffe Common at the close of the 18th Century, near Greenland Engine Road (now Broughton Lane), buildings shown are the Arrow Inn, now pulled down, the Pheasant Inn and Carbrook Hall and gibbet post of Spence Broughton. t00983 Hides, engraver. On February 9, 1791 Spence Broughton along with John Oxley robbed the Sheffield to Rotherham postboy and stole the postbag containing a Bill of Exchange payable to Joseph Walker of Rotherham. Broughton was executed at York Tyburn and gibbeted at the scene of his crime where his remains hung for 36 years. Another Artists impression of Attercliffe Common at the close of the 18th Century. s13124 Engraver, Hides.
  11. Portrait of William Butcher (1791-1870), steel, cutlery, edge tool manufacturer and American trader. Painted in 1869 in the possession of Sheffield Town Trust. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;u02736&pos=34&action=zoom&id=38319 In 1819 brothers William and Samuel Butcher first became partners in a warehouse, workshop and yard in Eyre Lane producing a variety of edge tools; 1835 expanded to the neighbouring steel works of Mitchell Brothers and Co. in Furnival Street; 1845 steelmaking and forging at Philadelphia Works on the River Don and in early 1850's a recently vacated premises adjoining the Eyre Lane Works. Butcher Works are being now restored 2003/4. For more information see Giants of Sheffield Steel Ref: 923.842 S. Memorial to Eliza, wife of William Butcher of Five Oaks, died 23 May, 1833, aged 37, Also to James Thomas, son of Eliza and William, died 7 Jul 1822, aged 7 months, All Saints Church, Ecclesall. a04572 Photographer Pete Evans 2018. W. & S. Butcher Ltd. https://hawleysheffieldknives.com/n-fulldetails.php?val=butcher&kel=325
  12. Sheffield Flood showing damage at Philadelphia after the inundation, searching for the bodies. Works belonging to William and Samuel Butcher, Steel Tilters and Rollers, Philadelphia Steel Works, Bacon Island, in background. 1864. u03594 From Sheffield Telegraph, 12/03/1938. For more information see: The Great Sheffield 1864 Harrison Ref: 942.74 S. The Collapse of the Dale Dyke Dam 1864, Geoffrey Amey Ref. 942.74 SST Damage at William and Samuel Butcher, Steel Tilters and Rollers, Philadelphia Steel Works, Bacon Island. y00945 Taken from 'Sheffield Inundation, 1864', Ref. 942.74 SQ. Remains of the 'Shuttle House', residence of James Sharman, at the head of Bacon Island; so called because he had charge of the shuttle by which the water was supplied to some mills and factories a little lower down. William and Samuel Butcher, Steel Tilters and Rollers, Philadelphia Steel Works, in the background. s00950 Remains of the 'Shuttle House', residence of James Sharman, head of Bacon Island, William and Samuel Butcher, Steel Tilters and Rollers, Philadelphia Steel Works, in background. House in background, left, is 'The Grove' y00944 Taken from 'Sheffield Inundation, 1864', Ref. 942.74 SQ. Extract from the Great Flood at Sheffield on 12th and 13th March 1864. Pages 58-64. THE FLOOD AT BACON ISLAND. A little lower down an island is formed by the river dividing into two branches,and this low-lying piece of land is called Bacon Island. The destruction here was very great, as the water swept completely over the island. In one of the houses there lived Mr. Howe, metal smith. The inmates were aroused by the Flood sweeping over the house; but it was strong enough to withstand the shock, and all the family escaped by getting up into the top bedrooms. The water filled the house up to the chamber floors. A large greenhouse was carried away, as was also the back kitchen. Doors were burst open, windows broken in, and all the furniture damaged or destroyed. On the south side of the island a stable, occupied by Mr. Greaves, treacle boiler, was knocked down by the flood, and such was the force of the shock that the stable wall dashed through the wall into the next house. A pony, belonging to Mr. Greaves, was drowned in its stall. The adjoining house was occupied by George Shaw, a miller’s labourer, and his family. The water filled the lower rooms, and floated the beds in the chambers. A portion of the foundation gave way, the house tottered, and its inmates every moment expected to be engulfed in the torrent which raged around. Their fears were happily not realised; for the house stood, and all was saved. GALLANT RESCUE OF A FAMILY BY A WATCHMAN. At the head of Bacon Island was the residence of Mr. James Sharman, known as the “Shuttle House,” so called because he had charge of the shuttle by which the water was supplied to some mills and manufactories a little lower down. In the house was Mr. Sharman, his wife, a daughter, two daughters-in-law, and four grand children, one of them being a baby. When the flood burst upon the island they were all asleep; but they were aroused by Police Constable John Thorpe, who was on duty in the neighbourhood, and saw the danger to which the Sharmans were exposed. Thorpe heard the roar of the Flood approaching, and with praise worthy promptitude and courage, he went to the rescue of others, even at the imminent peril of his own life. When the Sharmans were called up the lower rooms of the house were filled with water, and the bedrooms were being filled rapidly. The only means of escape was through the bedroom window; but even this means of egress was closed by an iron bar which had been placed across the window frame for greater security. By this time several people had come to the aid of the watchman, including George Walker, of Philadelphia, and his brother. Sharman, seeing that it was a question of life and death to himself and family, seized hold of the iron bar, and with the strength of desperation wrenched it from its holdfast. The window was now opened, but it was still a difficult matter to get out, as the water surrounded the house. The watchman and the two Walkers, however, stood on an elevation, and were not so much submerged as to be in personal danger. The watchman told the mother of the baby to throw it out to him, and she did so, though not without some hesitation lest her little one should fall into the Flood which was swelling and raging beneath. Her fears on that head were soon relieved; for the watchman caught the baby in his arms as neatly as though he had been an experienced nurse and not a protector of the nocturnal peace. The babe was deposited in a place of safety, and the next thing was to get out the remaining inmates of the house. It has been stated that a ladder was obtained, and that in this manner they escaped; but, it appears, there was no ladder in the question. One by one, the members of the family got out of the window, and were lifted down by the watchman and other persons who were helping. Of course the Sharmans had nothing on but their night clothes, and the awkwardness of their predicament may be imagined. Although there were nine people in the house all this occupied very little more time that it takes to narrate the incident. The last person had hardly been lifted out of the window when the house fell down with a loud crash. It was swept away so completely that not a vestige of it remains except the foundation. The Sharmans have since expressed the most lively gratitude to Thorpe, the watchman, for his intrepid bravery, which has also received notice in the form of one or two presentations from parties who thought that such conduct ought to be recognised and rewarded. After their narrow escape the Sharmans were taken to the house of a neighbour, where they were provided with clothing and other requisites. Of course they lost all their furniture, and everything they possessed. The following is Policeman Thorpe’s own account of the affair. He says:– I was coming down from Hillfoot about 12.30 p.m. I heard a great noise on the river as if a great rush of water was coming down through the gardens opposite to the old barrack wall. I saw that Bacon Island was in danger, and I ran with all speed to awaken the people, and warn them of the danger. I looked over the wall on the bridge leading to Bacon Island, and saw that the water was coming over the shuttle gates. I knew that the water had no business coming over there, so I rapped the family up and told them to get up as there was a flood coming and their house would be washed away. I then ran down Bacon Island, to awaken the other people, but I could only get half-way before the water was up to my waist, and pieces of timber and rubbish floating about my legs: so I ran back as fast as I could through the water, and tried to break open Mr. Sharman’s door, but I could not; and I told them to get through the chamber window, and I would catch them. The first they threw out to me was a young child. I ran up George Street, and knocked up a neighbour, and gave her the child. I then ran back, and received a second child; I did the same with it. I then ran back nine successive times and got them all out safe; the father being the last to leave the house. As soon as I received the father, I said to him “Run, now, for your life !” We had no sooner got on the main road than the house fell, and took the bridge with it, leaving nothing to be seen but one vast sheet of water. I then went and knocked the people up at the bottom of George Street. The following is the statement of an eye-witness:– I am a resident in the neighbourhood, and I was awoke out of my sleep by the cries of the unfortunate family of the Sharmans; I immediately got up and looked through my chamber window, and saw the watchman, up to his waist in water, carrying a young child in his arms up George Street. I got dressed immediately to go to his assistance, but before I could get to him he had saved the whole family, nine in number, and there was not a vestige of the occupier’s house remaining. After saving these, he roused up some occupants at the bottom of George Street, all the time up to his waist in water. He succeeded in rescuing them before the water got too deep in their houses. There were either four or five families at the bottom of George Street flooded in their houses, but owing to his timely aid he got them out, and locked their doors. When he had done all that possibly could be done, he remained true to his duty, in his wet clothes, shaking with the cold. The man seemed quite exhausted with fatigue; and being wringing wet through, there he stood till the sergeant came to him, two hours afterwards. I heard the watchman ask the sergeant if he could go home and change his wet clothes. The reply was— “I don’t know; I’ve got no order about that.” I thought that very hard indeed; but the man never murmured, but did his duty in his wet clothes from 12.30 until five a.m., when he went home. I write this on behalf of the bold watchman, who risked his own life nine successive times to save his fellow creatures. I understand he was a soldier before joining the police. He has served in the Crimea and India in the 33rd Regiment, and he bears a very good character in the neighbourhood of Hillfoot and Philadelphia for being a good watchman. It may here be stated that some time afterwards, the Inundation Relief committee voted £100 to reward John Thorpe, and other policemen who had made extraordinary exertions during the flood. SHOCKING DEATH OF A FAMILY AND EXTRAORDINARY ESCAPE OF A CHILD. On the South side of Bacon Island were two houses, which stood crosswise to a row of buildings previously referred to, in which lived George Shaw, and others. One of these houses was occupied by Geo. Wright, a furnace man, employed at Messrs. Butchers’, and the other by a family named Mappin. Wright was awoke in the middle of the night by the rush of the waters. He at once got up, and knocked at the partition wall to alarm his neighbours. Mrs. Mappin replied by knocking again, and in a moment afterwards she heard a loud shriek. Then all again was still, except the noise of the wind and the roar of the flood. When the water had subsided, it was discovered that the gable wall of Wright’s house had been carried away. At first it was not known exactly what loss of life there had been in this house. Mr. Wright had been to a funeral the day before the flood, and the neighbours were not aware whether he had returned or not. There is, however, No doubt that Wright was in the house at the time of the flood, and that he perished in its waters. There were also in the house Mrs. Wright, her young child, and an older child, a visitor, the daughter of Mr. Johnson, pork butcher, Sheffield Moor, with whom Mrs. Wright had formerly lived as servant. Mrs. Wright was drowned, and so was the visitor, the child of Mr. Johnson. Mrs. Wright’s child had a most extraordinary escape. After the subsidence of the waters, a young man climbed on a pole through the bedroom window, and there he found the little child asleep in its bed, unconscious of the danger it had escaped, and the terrible bereavement it had sustained. Even the candle which its parents had lighted in their terror when the flood came, was burning near the child, disclosing on its features the soft and peaceful slumbers of infancy. The young man took the child up, and said to it, “Where are your dada and mamma?” “They have gone out of the window,” replied the little innocent. The child was taken out of the ruins of its father’s house and conveyed to a place of safety. Afterwards the Johnsons applied for the child, thinking that it was their child that had escaped. Their distress on finding that their child was the lost one may be imagined. We understand, however, that Wright’s child which escaped has been handed over to Mr. Johnson, and that he has undertaken the care of it in place of his own. Johnson’s child was not found till more than two months afterwards, when it was got out of the river Don at Kilnhurst. The body was in an advanced state of decomposition, and the features were unrecognisable. One of the fingers of the left hand had been taken off a few years ago, which led to the identification. THE INCIDENTS AT BACON ISLAND DESCRIBED BY AN EYE WITNESS. An eye-witness of the thrilling scenes at Bacon Island described them as follows:– I was seated at my fireside, a little after twelve o’clock, when my attention was arrested by a strange noise, together with the shouting of many people. Alarmed, I hastened to my front door;— upon opening it, I was completely bewildered by the frightful sound that fell upon my ears; it has never yet been truly described, nor can it ever be. The nearest approach to a correct definition of it, that I have heard, was that of a poor man whose house withstood the storm that swept away his furniture, &c. “Sir,” said he to me, “I heard it coming just like hissing thunder.” I was so stupefied by this horrid sound, that I did not see the wild waters immediately before me, nor did I dream of the nature of the calamity by which I was threatened, until I actually stepped into the water at my garden gate. I at once mounted the railings, and was terrified by the sight of the rushing flood. Sharman’s house was immediately opposite, only across the road. My eye had but just caught the waters foaming at its base, when the end fell into the flood, affording a glimpse of the rooms, furniture, &c.; it was but a glimpse, for in a moment the remainder of the house fell towards the road, and “sank as lead in the waters,” not leaving the slightest vestige visible. As I was not aware that Sharman and his family had escaped a few minutes before, I supposed they were all lost; a thrill of horror came over me, that caused me to turn my head from the deep that had, as I supposed, swallowed them up. I then perceived that the waters had risen, and surrounded me in my garden— I at once leaped into them and retreated into my house, which is considerably elevated above the road. The stream rose rapidly, until it reached four feet above the level which it had attained when it swept away Sharman’s house. As it had now reached my door step, I requested that my children should be taken out of their beds and carried to a neighbouring house on higher grounds. Before this could be done, I fancied the waters ceased to rise; presently I had the happiness to see that they were subsiding, so that my family and myself were safe; still I was oppressed with the thought of others. When the flood invaded it rose rapidly, but when it retired it seemed to sink slowly, very slowly. At length the road was clear of water (not of mud). We then perceived that the bridge leading to the island was swept away. Anxiety to know the fate of the cottagers on the island constrained some to creep over the top of the shuttle. I essayed to follow, and succeeded. Upon reaching the other side we found we were landed in chaos, and had to grope our way (the darkness was terrible) through thick mud, under and over trees, Timber, stones, and wreck of every kind. Upon reaching the cottages we were rejoiced to find all their inhabitants safe, excepting poor Wright, his wife, and the little girl who was visiting with them. The end of Wright’s house jutted out into the stream which brought down a beam that broke a large hole through it; into this the stream poured until it threw down the front of the house, carrying away the door, the stairs all the furniture, and we think Wright, his wife, and the child too; but as the Flood never reached the chamber in this house, we were driven to the conclusion that the three persons who perished must have been down stairs. Besides, one of the neighbours across the yard thinks that Wright must have been carried by the stream to his door if not actually into his own house, for he declared it was not from the other side of the yard, but from his own room down stairs, that he heard him cry, “Mr. Shutt, Mr. Shutt, save me, oh! do save me!” Mr. Shutt promptly called out “Where are you?” Alas! there was no response. As speedily as possible we supplied the poor sufferers with candles, but this was no easy matter, the lower rooms being filled with furniture, wreck, mud, &c., to such a height that the inhabitants could neither get down stairs to us, nor we up to them, but with the greatest difficulty. At length we succeeded in every case, and had the happiness of seeing bright lights in those abodes which, an hour before, we feared had been overtaken with the darkness of death. After we had supplied these poor sufferers with lights a young man climbed by a pole up into Wright’s chamber. He there found the drowned man’s little child asleep in her bed. Upon taking her up, and asking her where her dada and mamma were, she replied, “They have gone out of the window.” This led us to suppose that Mr. and Mrs. Wright must have been looking out of the chamber window when the front of the house gave way and carried them with it; but upon inquiry I learn that there was no chamber window at the front of the house. They must therefore have been swept out of the room below. Had they been upstairs they would have been as safe as their child was. Having done what we could for these unfortunate cottagers we left them and “waited for the break of day,” which, when it came, revealed to us scenes of wretchedness and ruin of which they will have but faint conceptions who have only visited the island since Saturday morning. A little lower than Bacon Island is a district called Philadelphia, which is occupied by mills, large manufactories, and other buildings, which were nearly all flooded to a greater or less extent. From the mill of Mr. Joseph Rodgers the torrent swept away sixteen pigs, and their sties, but five of the animals were recovered near the Infirmary, lower down the stream. The water filled the mill up to the second floor, and four horses were drowned in their stable. Some men had been at work in the mill all day and all night filling bags with flour, and were just about beginning to draw them to the upper story when the rush of water burst into the room. They had just time to get up the stairs before the flood reached them, and were saved. The flour floated about the mill, and for all practical purposes was destroyed. A wagon and some carts were floated away — the wagon being left in the yard of Messrs. Butchers’ works below, and the carts resting on the low outbuildings in the neighbourhood. Much valuable timber was carried away, including an oak log of two tons weight, which was deposited near the New Inn, Shales Moor. The partition wall between the stable and shed was broken, and a newly erected tilt — Mr. Rodgers being a manufacturer of steel as well as flour — was carried away bodily with the exception of one gable end. A number of cottages near the mill yard were flooded to such an extent that the bedrooms were some depth in water. The window of Aaron Dearden, flour dealer, was burst in, and he and his family had a narrow escape. The occupants of all the adjacent houses were in a perilous position, but fortunately the walls withstood the violence of the flood except those of one unoccupied house The works of Messrs. W. and S. Butcher, a little lower down, were greatly damaged. Walls and gates were swept quite away; a crinoline mill and workshops entirely disappeared, and along with them a boiler, forge, and tilt, the chimney, which stood in the middle, being alone left to mark their site. The heavy bridge which crossed the goit running through the works is destroyed. Part of the rolling mill, beyond the bridge, was carried away, and the blacksmith’s and other shops were greatly damaged. The machinery, buildings, and the stock of steel have been seriously damaged. In Messrs. Butchers’ works the body of a woman, perfectly naked, was found after the flood. On the premises of Messrs. Butcher lived Mr. Henry Walker, manager, and his family, consisting of a wife, four daughters, a son, and a nephew. The water dashed with such fury against the house that a kitchen and front wall of the building were entirely swept away, much damage being also done to the inner walls. When the flood came the members of the family hastily assembled in a front and back bedroom. The house rocked, and in a few moments the whole wall fell down. The nephew was standing at the front bedroom window when the wall fell, and only escaped by throwing back his hand and catching hold of one of the bed posts. Very fortunately the main portion of the house stood, and none of the inmates perished. The house was handsomely furnished; but scarcely a wreck of the valuable contents of the lower rooms remained. An expensive piano- forte and the other costly furniture, totally disappeared. Two pigs, two goats, and twenty-five fowls were drowned. The dog was saved. Two valuable horses belonging to Mr. William Butcher were destroyed. The works of Mr. William Butcher, jun., were damaged, but not so seriously. Several other large manufactories in this district suffered; but it is not within the scope of this narrative to enter largely into a mere enumeration of property or buildings destroyed. AN INCIDENT AT PHILADELPHIA. The following incident is related by the Rev. Mr. Wright, of Philadelphia House, curate of St. Philip’s Church. Mr. Wright’s garden is separated from the road by a wall about eight feet high. The flood rose some eighteen inches higher than the wall, but not high enough to extinguish the street lamp by the road side. Inexplicable sounds were heard from the garden during the night, and when day dawned the garden was found to be covered over with a deep bed of mud, in which was a horse in a half erect position. It had been carried on the crest of the wave over the wall. It was found to be alive, though in a greatly exhausted state. Some food was given to it, and after a time it recovered. The animal had on his halter, which was attached to a stone of some 16 lbs. weight. The stone had evidently been dragged from the wall of the stable, and the wonder is that it did not insure the drowning of the horse. The owner of the animal has not been ascertained." The scene the morning after the Flood must have been horrendous for everyone connected to the Philadelphia Works, some fearing for employment, livelihood and the Butchers devasted by the damage done to the business they had built up. No amount of compensation could ever replace the lives lost, the trauma of the night nor the precious possessions of the families. Some would be fearful of ever living or working there again. On the upside the properties which remained would be repaired or rebuilt and the business would eventually thrive again. The extent of the damage done can be seen in the Flood Claims. William Butcher of Five Oakes, Sheffield & Samuel Butcher of Banner Cross, merchants. Claim for extensive damage to Philadelphia Works and other tenanted properties amounting to £6,203/17/5d. https://sheffieldfloodclaimsarchive.shu.ac.uk/claimSummary.cfm?claim=3-2692 Freehold Estate - the Site of which belongs to William & Samuel Butcher and the Buildings, Machinery & Stock belonging to Samuel Butcher only. Lists damage done to "New Works" A total claim for £3,235/9/6d assessed at £2,499/10/- https://sheffieldfloodclaimsarchive.shu.ac.uk/claimSummary.cfm?claim=3-2693 Flood Claims of those mentioned in the Flood Report, Employees and other residents of Bacon Island the night of the Flood. William Howe, electropate manufacturer, Walkley, late of Bacon Island. https://sheffieldfloodclaimsarchive.shu.ac.uk/claimSummary.cfm?claim=1-19 James Sharman, smith, 34 George Street, Philadelphia Estimated losses sustained at "Shuttle House" Bacon Island. https://sheffieldfloodclaimsarchive.shu.ac.uk/claimSummary.cfm?claim=7-6101 Samuel Greaves, sugar refiner. Philadelphia or Penistone Road, Sheffield. In the report the "Mr. Greaves the Treacle Boiler" including "Damage at the place of Business situate on Bacon Island, Philadelphia Sheffield" https://sheffieldfloodclaimsarchive.shu.ac.uk/claimSummary.cfm?claim=6-5153 George Shaw, carter, Cross George Street. Late Bacon Island. https://sheffieldfloodclaimsarchive.shu.ac.uk/claimSummary.cfm?claim=3-2780 James Shutt, 45 Cross Bedford Street late of... Left bank but probably an address on Bacon Island Personal Property including loss of wages for him and 2 sons. https://sheffieldfloodclaimsarchive.shu.ac.uk/claimSummary.cfm?claim=3-2780 Joseph Rodgers, miller. Philadelphia Steam Corn Mill. https://sheffieldfloodclaimsarchive.shu.ac.uk/claimSummary.cfm?claim=4-4067 Aaron Dearden, bookeeper and traveller, Oxford Street late of Philadelphia, Sheffield, shop keeper. https://sheffieldfloodclaimsarchive.shu.ac.uk/claimSummary.cfm?claim=7-6134 Aaron Dearden, millers clerk, 2 Lower Oxford Street, Sheffield, Claim for injury. https://sheffieldfloodclaimsarchive.shu.ac.uk/claimSummary.cfm?claim=9b-124 Joseph Rodgers, Miller and engineer and Aaron Dearden, Miller of: [Joseph Rodgers] Philadelphia Steam Corn Mill; [Aaron Dearden] Oxford Street. As Executors under the Will of Mr. William Rodgers late of ~ Philadelphia deceased Owner of the Real and Personal Property mentioned in the annexed Column. Valuation of damage done by the recent Flood to Messrs. Rodgers' Property situate at Philadelphia, Sheffield. Property including Forge; Mill; 5 cottages; 1 Sales shop and dwelling house (Deardens house); 1 dwelling house (Rodgers house); stable and cart shed. https://sheffieldfloodclaimsarchive.shu.ac.uk/claimSummary.cfm?claim=4-4074 Henry Walker, steel manager, Philadelphia Steel Works, residing at 39 Malinda Street, Sheffield. https://sheffieldfloodclaimsarchive.shu.ac.uk/claimSummary.cfm?claim=2-1588 William Garnett, engine tenter. Philadelphia. Late of Bacon Island. https://sheffieldfloodclaimsarchive.shu.ac.uk/claimSummary.cfm?claim=4-3691 George Tetley, steel weigher. 50 George Street, late of Bacon Island. https://sheffieldfloodclaimsarchive.shu.ac.uk/claimSummary.cfm?claim=1-388 Robert Ford, cutler, Court 73.Infirmary Road, late of Bacon Island. https://sheffieldfloodclaimsarchive.shu.ac.uk/claimSummary.cfm?claim=5-4412 Thomas Yardley, wheelwright and joiner, Infirmary Road, late of Bacon Island. https://sheffieldfloodclaimsarchive.shu.ac.uk/claimSummary.cfm?claim=5-4699 John Shaw, steel melter, Bacon Island. https://sheffieldfloodclaimsarchive.shu.ac.uk/claimSummary.cfm?claim=6-5115 Edwin Goodwin, crucible maker. 21 Daisy Walk, late of Bacon Island. https://sheffieldfloodclaimsarchive.shu.ac.uk/claimSummary.cfm?claim=7-5796 Robert Scholey, File Cutter, Wentworth Street.late of Bacon Island. https://sheffieldfloodclaimsarchive.shu.ac.uk/claimSummary.cfm?claim=7-5817 William Mottram, white metalsmith, Siddal Building's.Orchard Street, Harvest Lane, late of Bacon Island. https://sheffieldfloodclaimsarchive.shu.ac.uk/claimSummary.cfm?claim=7-6074 William Mottram also claimed for an "Injured person" his wife, Martha. https://sheffieldfloodclaimsarchive.shu.ac.uk/claimSummary.cfm?claim=9b-329 James Allott, wagoner, Furnace Yard, Albert Terrace Road, Infirmary Lane, late of Bacon Island. https://sheffieldfloodclaimsarchive.shu.ac.uk/claimSummary.cfm?claim=8-6284 John Short, No. 3 Court, Stanley Street. rod roller at Messrs Butchers, Philadelphia Works. https://sheffieldfloodclaimsarchive.shu.ac.uk/claimSummary.cfm?claim=1-239
  13. Morton Wheel, Philadelphia Works & Bacon Island (Isle) Morton Wheel is recorded in the earliest surviving Norfolk rentals in 1581, but let as north and south ends, which usually suggests 2 halves of one structure. Robert Hobson rented the south end for 20/- and Hugh Attwell the north. 1604, the tenants: Ellis Younge & Robert Shawe paying £4/20/- 1637 Harrison Survey: Thomas Wright, James and Robert Creswicke and William Walton renting 'one half of Morton Wheel' with Robert Sorsby, George Hobson and Edward Creswick the other half. List of Wheels 1641: The two Creswickes, Walton and Matthew Webster rented, 'one cutler wheel called Morton Wheel' for £ 7/10/- Sorsbie, Hobson and Edward Creswicke the same amount for 'the other Morton Wheel' suggesting there were two wheels; not until the middle of the c18th were two separate sites are identified. The Creswickes continued to lease until 1720s. Two groups of tenants took a 21year lease 1666. The Norfolk Estate woodward accounts records repairs in 1676 1716, Leases to cutlers and scissor smiths include Samuel Creswick. An inventory for George Greaves, scissor smith dated 1739 lists. 'goods, working tools, 4 grinding stones, 4 caulks valued at 15/-; 4 glazers; 9 pulleys, 2 horsings, 4 axle trees, a wheel band, a wheel kitt and trough value £2/10/- and 'the goodwill of one original grinding trow at Morton Wheel' £70. Another source; 1760 Rate Assessment reveals: the lease of 1738 instead of the tenant, the landlord paid Land Tax, Poor Rate & Highway Assessment. In 1759 Bradshaw, Overseer of the Poor wanted to double the rate, when the Norfolk Estate refused, he distrained goods at the wheels, the tenants of which then had grounds for 'action of trespass' as none of the 'goods' belonged to the Estate. The document listing the stones removed identifies 'first; second; third and Nether Wheel.' 1739 rentals, records 'New Wheel' which is probably refers to the now named Nether Wheel. 1789 Lease separates "Upper & Lower" Wheels. 1794 recorded separately, with 41 troughs at Upper and 16 at Lower, Samuel Smith working them both. 1800 Nether Hallam Rate Book, Smith recorded for the first time. Land of Samuel Ashton & Co. and George Sybray, at Morton Wheel, [Penistone Road] 1794. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc03682&pos=5&action=zoom&id=99253 Map of two parcels of ground near to the Morton Wheel. 1795. Ground between Penistone Road and the Morton Wheels Dam. Yardage and owners given. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc02714&pos=4&action=zoom&id=91681 1801 Smith, Hoole & Co., were working 87 troughs. 1807 Norfolk Estate sold the Wheels; over 30 years shares changed hands several times; by 1814 named Philadelphia Works, main partners being Parkin & Hounsfield after 1828 the Butchers; 1844 William & Samuel Butcher alone. 1850 and 1865 Rate Books record a steam corn mill and a tilt forge in part of the works;. indications that Water Power no longer used as no head and fall recorded. The other part, water power still available for the tilt forge and rolling mill. Water power still available 1874 & 1901, William Bury & Co. in occupation at the forge & rolling mill with engine house included with the head and fall still recorded. Little to be seen of the site apart from the Weir and shuttle into the former head-goit. Upper Dam was built over, no buildings remain. Tail-goit which also took water from the lower wheel also built over. Head goit of Nether Wheel not shown on 1892 OS map, nothing remains of the dam either. Buildings and overflow from the dam to the river shown up to 1843 maps have also disappeared. Information from: Water Power on the Sheffield Rivers, edited by David Crossley with Jean Cass, Neville Flavell & Colin Turner. Shown on this Plan of part of the townships of Sheffield and Nether Hallam which is in dispute. 1826. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc03896&pos=3&action=zoom&id=97354 The ground concerned includes Upperthorp [Upperthorpe], Port Mahon, Nether Thorp [Netherthorpe] and the land between White House Lane (Infirmary Road) and Morton Wheels. Includes John Addy's house, Lidgate Field, Shales Moor Close, White House Lane or Walkley Road, Penistone Turnpike Road, old road from Owlerton to Sheffield, Green Lane, Cleakham [Cleakham Inn], Morton Wheel and Morton Wheel Dam, River Dun and Bacon's Island, Waterworks, Poor House, Bellefield House, Daniel Hill, Infirmary, Philadelphia, West Dun, Barracks (old Cavalry), Bowling Green, a Tavern [possibly the Cambridge public house], St Philips Church, Globe Works, Roscoe Place, Hoyle Street, Dun Street, Moor Fields, Green Lane, etc. Ordnance Survey Map, sheet no. Yorkshire No. 294.3.25. 1889. Philadelphia Works bottom left. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;q00037&pos=8&action=zoom&id=103541
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    Bridge Inn Brightside

    Boginspro, no doubt you will have seen this photograph. One Horse Tramcar, Single Deck No. 19. Tram for the Lady's Bridge, Saville Street and Brightside, outside the Bridge Inn, Brightside Lane. Car built by Starbuck of Birkenhead in 1874, withdrawn by 1901. s16296 Now in Corporation ownership note the word Company has been deleted. This picture was taken on or after 21st November 1896 the day that the Corporation took over the operation of the tramway service.
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    Steam Clock Beerhouse

    Further to the Flood Claim of the properties including naming The Steam Clock and the post for Brightside Lane Houses. The Steam Clock: Searched the Flood Archive with "Brightside Lane" Publicans: James Ellis, publican and farmer, Brightside Lane. https://sheffieldfloodclaimsarchive.shu.ac.uk/claimSummary.cfm?claim=3-2659 Thought James Ellis was a possibility until: James Ellis, Farmer & Publican, Midland Hotel, Brightside Lane, Sheffield Injured person: Mrs James Ellis, Landlady, Midland Hotel. https://sheffieldfloodclaimsarchive.shu.ac.uk/claimSummary.cfm?claim=9b-52 If the Building Society didn't own The Steam Clock then this could be The Steam Clock. Robert Laing, publican Record states he is the absolute owner. https://sheffieldfloodclaimsarchive.shu.ac.uk/claimSummary.cfm?claim=5-4517 There are however 14 properties whose address is "Lowe's Buildings" Brightside Lane. The claim on behalf of the Trustees of the Building Society care of Alfred Allott, Prior Court. lists 10 Houses plus 2 houses and shops adjoining a public house known as The Steam Clock. Possibility these are the ones but need to find who was "Lowe". Question still remains: Which one was The Steam Clock? Robert Bailey, Hay and Straw Dealer, of Lowe's Buildings, Brightside Lane. Absolute owner. https://sheffieldfloodclaimsarchive.shu.ac.uk/claimSummary.cfm?claim=4-3928 George Hall, collier. For personal property. https://sheffieldfloodclaimsarchive.shu.ac.uk/claimSummary.cfm?claim=6-5278 Edward Garner, brick layer. For personal property. https://sheffieldfloodclaimsarchive.shu.ac.uk/claimSummary.cfm?claim=6-5280 John Whiteley, labourer. For personal property. https://sheffieldfloodclaimsarchive.shu.ac.uk/claimSummary.cfm?claim=6-5286 John Ward, labourer. For personal property. https://sheffieldfloodclaimsarchive.shu.ac.uk/claimSummary.cfm?claim=6-5287 John Wright, brick maker. For personal property. https://sheffieldfloodclaimsarchive.shu.ac.uk/claimSummary.cfm?claim=6-5553 Aaron Ashmore, hammer drawer. For personal property. https://sheffieldfloodclaimsarchive.shu.ac.uk/claimSummary.cfm?claim=6-5554 John Hammond, brick maker. For personal property. https://sheffieldfloodclaimsarchive.shu.ac.uk/claimSummary.cfm?claim=6-5575 George Wraythby, brick maker. For personal property. https://sheffieldfloodclaimsarchive.shu.ac.uk/claimSummary.cfm?claim=6-5582 Abraham Cutts, labourer. For personal property. https://sheffieldfloodclaimsarchive.shu.ac.uk/claimSummary.cfm?claim=7-5588 Charles Jackson, shop keeper and milk dealer. For personal property. https://sheffieldfloodclaimsarchive.shu.ac.uk/claimSummary.cfm?claim=7-5589 Thorpe Bailey, labourer. For personal property. https://sheffieldfloodclaimsarchive.shu.ac.uk/claimSummary.cfm?claim=7-6229 Richard Shepherd, carpenter. For personal property. https://sheffieldfloodclaimsarchive.shu.ac.uk/claimSummary.cfm?claim=8-6299 Thomas Askworth, brick maker. For personal property. https://sheffieldfloodclaimsarchive.shu.ac.uk/claimSummary.cfm?claim=8-6317
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    Steam Clock Beerhouse

    Link to: Brightside Lane Houses. https://www.sheffieldhistory.co.uk/forums/topic/18229-brightside-lane-houses/
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    Steam Clock Beerhouse

    The Steam Clock public house, Brightside Lane. Sheffield Flood Claim: William Butcher, William Fisher and Thomas Edward Mycock, Trustees of the Sheffield & South Yorkshire Permanent Building and Investment Society, Care of Alfred Allott, Prior Court, Sheffield. For damage to 10 Houses & 2 Houses & Shops situate adjoining a Public House known as "The Steam Clock" in Brightside Lane, nr. Sheffield. https://sheffieldfloodclaimsarchive.shu.ac.uk/claimSummary.cfm?claim=7-5680
  18. Map showing the position of the Cleakam (Cleakham) Inn, above Green Lane near to Morton Wheel. Not to be confused with Cleakum Inn at Malin Bridge. Plan of lands in dispute between the townships of Sheffield and Nether Hallam describing them as they were in the year 1783 according to a survey thereof made by the late William Fairbank of Sheffield. Dated 1826. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc03895&pos=2&action=zoom&id=97344 The ground concerned includes Upperthorp [Upperthorpe], Port Mahon, Nether Thorp [Netherthorpe] and the land between White House Lane (Infirmary Road) and Morton Wheels. Includes John Addy's house, Lidgate Field, Shales Moor Close, White House Lane or Walkley Road, Penistone Turnpike Road, old road from Owlerton to Sheffield, Green lane, Cleakam Inn, Morton Wheel and Morton Wheel Dam, River Dun and Bacon's Island etc. Cornish Street was previously known as Cleakham Wheel Road. A plan of the building lot in Cleakham Wheel Road [Cornish Street] taken of Thomas Shepherd by Henry Ibbotson. 1823. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc04196&pos=6&action=zoom&id=105072 Globe Works shown. Sheffield History A-Z Public Houses List: Cleakham Inn, Cornish Place. Open 1800 Closed Span Comments: open circa 1800; 1822 Cleakem Inn, Green Lane 1822 Amelia Facey/Faser/Fraser 1825 Thomas Hobley According to Michael Liversidge in his book "The definitive A-Z listing of Sheffield Public Houses. "...the only known fact was that the landlord was the owner of a bowling green, which was attached to the Cleakham. A Thomas Hobley or Thomas Copley was the landlord in 1839."
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    The Foresters Hotel

    This also shows "Foresters" (left) don't know whether it something I'm doing/not doing, unable to get the Zoom to work to enable text legible. Possibly reads John Green. Plan of Messrs Brownell's freehold property in and near Carver Street, Sheffield. 1845. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc04077&pos=8&action=zoom&id=98738 By J. Fairbank and Son. Endorsed: This plan is drawn from an old survey. Shows Rockingham Street, West Street, Carver Street, Rockingham Lane, and Division Street. Tenants / owners: John Green, Samuel Laycock’s executors, Society of Methodists [Carver Street Wesleyan Chapel], John Moulson, Joseph Moulson, William Moulson, Edwin Moulson, Henry Duke, Francis Carr, Fenton and Shore, Bush and Broomhead and Nadin, Charles Brown, and Sorby and Sons.
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    The Foresters Hotel

    The lot which became "Foresters" is shown at the junction of Division Street and Rockingham Street labelled boldly in capital letters as William Smith then underneath written "now John Green" Plan of certain building land the property of Messrs Brittain, Wilkinson and Brownell. 1829. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc04097&pos=14&action=zoom&id=103534 Shows Rockingham Street, Division Street, Rockingham Lane and Carver Street. Also, owners or tenants: John Harrop, Henry Blackwell; Charles Brown; William Smith; Jacob Bridge; John, Joseph, William and Edwin Mouslon. Steel furnaces, cutlers shops and warehouse marked. Surveyed and drawn by J. Fairbank and Son. Premise of William Smith also marked Jacob Bridge Plan of vacant land, the property of Verdon Brittain, Robert Robinson Brownell and Charles Brownell. 1829. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc04096&pos=13&action=zoom&id=103533 Shows Rockingham Street, Division Street, Rockingham Lane and Carver Street. Property leased to John Harrop, property leased to Henry Blackwell; also, owners or tenants: Charles Brown; William Smith; Jacob Bridge; John, Joseph, William and Edwin Mouslon. Forester's Inn marked right hand side towards the top. Ordnance Survey Map, sheet no. Yorkshire No. 294.7.25. 1889 https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;q00075&pos=2&action=zoom&id=107161 Sheffield History A-Z Public Houses List. Forester's Inn/Yorick/The Yorl/Olive Bar, 57 Division Street Open 1828. 1828 William Smith 1833 William Smith 1834 William Smith 1837 Jacob Bridge 1839 W Deakin 1841 John Parsons [Pigot's ] 149 Rockingham Street 1841 William Richmond [ Whites ] 1845 Charles Holland (149 Rockingham Street) 1846 Charles Holland 1849 George Skinner 1852 George Skinner [57 Division Street] 1854 George Skinner 1856 George Skinner 1859 Herbert Rowe 1862 John Storey 1863 John Storey 1864 John Storey [57 Division Street] 1865 John Storey 1868 Thomas Webster 1871 Thomas Webster 1876 Thomas Webster [73-5 Division Street] 1879 William Thompson 1881 William Thompson [73 Division St] 1883 John Maxfield 1887 to 1890 John Maxfield 1893 John Maxfield 1895/6 Herbert Bevington 1898 Herbert Bevington 1900 to 1902 Herbert Bevington 1903 William Charles Lockwood 1905 William Charles Lockwood 1907 Mrs Eliza Smith 1910 to 1913 Frank Shelton 1916 Frank Shelton 1917 Frank Shelton 1919/20 Frank Shelton 1921 Herbert Walker 1922 Herbert Walker 1923 Sidney Hudson 1924 Gorden Lyall 1925 Gordon Lyall 1929 Gorden Lyall 1931 Harry Rose 1932 Mrs Sarah Agnes A Thomas 1933 Mrs Sarah Agnes A Thomas 1936 to 1939 Frank Jones 1942 Frank Jones 1944 Frank Jones 1948 Frank Lee (73-75 Division Street)
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    THE CROSS PUB

    Cross Inn, Woodfall Lane, Low Bradfield, closed about 1980. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;s29646&pos=92&action=zoom&id=56159 Cottages at Low Bradfield which were originally the Cross Inn, Woodfall Lane. 4th September 1986.s29621 Low Bradfield. Cottages in the centre were orginally the Cross Inn. 4th September 1986. s29631
  22. Plan of Joseph Fenton and William Butcher's premises in Pinstone Lane and Norfolk Street, 1847. 'Doe dem: Fenton versus Butcher. Plaintiff's plan' https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc04177&pos=115&action=zoom&id=104518 Shows: Pinstone Lane, Norfolk Street, Union Street, Charles Street and Cross Burgess Street. Shows houses, kitchen, workshops, brewhouse, and Crown Public House. Also marked is the site of premises formerly of George Fisher. Also: Plan of Joseph Fenton and William Butcher's premises in Pinstone Lane and Norfolk Street. 1847. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc04176&pos=23&action=zoom&id=104517 'Plotted from dimensions along with Charles Unwin in order to test the accuracy of the plan made for the sale of Birks's premises in 1826, so that we might be able to give evidence thereon at the trial of the action of ejectment Doe dem: Fenton versus Butcher.' Shows Pinstone Lane and Norfolk Street. Marked are premises of Joseph Fenton (including brewhouse, privies and new shop) and premises of William Butcher. This plan arc04176 is the same area and names as plan arc04177 only Brewhouse marked but probably named Crown Public House. From Sheffield History A-Z Public Houses List: Crown Inn/Old Crown, 21 Pinstone Street. Open 1796; Closed 1898; Span 102 Comments: 1822 10, Pinstone Street Earlier 1818 (Pigots) William Hutchinson [Pinstone Lane] 1822 William Hutchinson 1825 William Hutchinson 1830 William Hutchinson 1833 William Hutchinson [ 11 Pinstone Street ] 1834 Joseph Outram 1837 Joseph Outram 1839 S Heath [ 21 Pinstone Street ] 1841 Samuel Heath 1846 George Fitzpatrick 1849 J Smith 1851 Thomas Puyer (census) (Ancestry entry corrected from Payer) 1852 Thomas Puyer 1854 Thomas Puyer 1856 Thomas Puyer 1859 Thomas Puyer 1862 to 1865 Sarah Allen (Old Crown) 1868 Sarah Allen 1871 Mrs Allen 1876 Sarah Allen [ 21 Pinstone Street ] 1879 Sarah Allen 1881 Edwin Allen A-Z also records 1881 & 1851 Census: 1881 Census: Edwin Allen aged 38, Publican born Sheffield. 1851 Census: Link broken. Can anybody find any more information about: Crown/Crown Inn/Old Crown, Pinstone Lane/Street.
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    Neepsend Tavern

    Link to: Neepsend Tavern 144 Neepsend Lane. https://www.sheffieldhistory.co.uk/forums/topic/17961-neepsend-tavern-144-neepsend-lane/
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    Neepsend Tavern

    Neepsend Tavern, 144 Neepsend Lane. Worksop Ales, Fred Longden licensee. s06928 On the night of the Sheffield Flood, 11th & 22th March 1864, the Neepsend Tavern and many properties in the area were badly damaged. Extract from the "A Complete History of the Great Flood at Sheffield" "The Neepsend Tavern was partially submerged, and all the houses in Neepsend Lane were flooded to a great height. The boundary walls of the river were carried away, and many of the houses were gutted. Neepsend Bridge, built strongly of stone, sustained the shock of the Flood without giving way, but it was much shaken, and a part of the parapets of the bridge were thrown down. The stones were of immense size, and the force by which they were overturned must have been prodigious. A vast quantity of debris, timber, and furniture, was piled up against the bridge, which has formed a barrier to its further progress." The gardens (with statues and a large flagpole) and stables at the Neepsend Tavern were totally destroyed. The property including a Dram Shop, Tap Room, Bar, Brewhouse, Kitchen, Bedrooms & Cellars were badly damaged. The tenant and occupier Mary Dyson a widow, had only recently taken over the licence. (1862 Mark Dyson possibly her husband) The owners were Messrs. Joseph Garside and Daniel Fossick Alderson of Worksop, Nottinghamshire, were "Common" Brewers trading under the style of "The Prior Well Brewery Company." It appears a "Club" not named who met there, also lost property. https://sheffieldfloodclaimsarchive.shu.ac.uk/claimDetails.cfm?claim=8-6382 It's possible Mary Dyson didn't return as landlady; 1865, Joseph Deakin was the landlord recorded in directories. For further list of landlords see. Sheffield History A-Z Public Houses List. The Neepsend Tavern closed 1974, had periods of being unoccupied and converted into other uses. Brodie and Short Ltd., building contractors, formerly the Neepsend Tavern. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;t10287&pos=118&action=zoom&id=91155 The Crystal Suite, sauna, steam massage and spa, formerly Neepsend Tavern, 24th July 1985.s26222 Closed Pubs. https://www.closedpubs.co.uk/yorkshire/sheffield_s3_neepsendtavern.html Former Public House let in Neepsend. 5th August 2021. https://www.smcommercial.co.uk/former-public-house-let-in-neepsend/ Historic pub to reopen for courtyard events over Jubilee weekend. EXPOSED Magazine 1st June 2022 https://www.exposedmagazine.co.uk/archived/historical-brewery-and-pub-set-to-reopen-for-courtyard-events-over-jubilee-weekend/
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    Catholic Church of St Charles, Attercliffe

    St. Charles Borromeo, Roman Catholic Church, St. Charles Street. Who was Charles Borromeo? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Borromeo Taking Stock: https://taking-stock.org.uk/building/sheffield-st-charles-borromeo/#:~:text=It was dedicated to St,Serpentine in London in 1867. Sketch of St. Charles Borromeo Churchs05094 Plan of St. Charles' Borromeo Roman Catholic Church and School, St. Charles' Street, Attercliffe. 1876. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc04439&pos=94&action=zoom&id=151810 Church and Presbytery, St.Charles Street. 1987.t08439 u08403 28th January 2005.c00816 Photographer, David Bockingc00817 2021a07116 Photographer, Andrew Milroy Pastoral Centre, Roman Catholic Diocese of Hallam, St. Charles Street. 2021. a07115 PhotographerAndrew Milroy Plaque on Diocese of Hallam Pastoral Centre, Heppenstall Lane. 2006. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;t10471&pos=9&action=zoom&id=91432 St. Charles School, built 1871, rebuilt 1929 in memory of the Very Revd. Joseph Hurst V.F., founder and first rector, 1866-1905. St Charles Borromeo Roman Catholic Church, Sheffield, Parish Records. https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/76a87f80-ae50-499b-8153-d3d3cf131a64 Local Heritage List. https://local-heritage-list.org.uk/south-yorkshire/asset/7598
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