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  1. 8th January 1849 Widening of Snighill, by removal of old projecting property, commenced. Similar improvements made by the Town Trustees in Trippet Lane, Silver Street Head, Coalpit Lane and Gibralter Street.
  2. The following extract reveals how some Sheffielders had "Gardens" not always attached to their dwelling but a separate garden in the suburbs where they enjoyed relief from their work and grew flowers and produce to feed their families but sadly, were gradually being destroyed as Sheffield expanded in the middle part of the 1800's. Extracted from Reminiscences of old Sheffield, it's streets and it's people. edited 1875 by R. E. Leader from articles and Letters from The Sheffield and Rotherham Independent 1872/3. Page 145-153. CHAPTER VII. Old Sheffield Gardens. Present — Messrs. Twiss, Leighton, Everard, Wragg, Leonard and Johnson. Period— A.D. 1873. We were all sitting, one charming and warm evening, in the cosy summer-house of our friend Twiss. It was not in the garden attached to his residence, for he dwelt in the recesses of a dingy town, with a melancholy grave-yard for his outlook. But he was old-fashioned enough and wise enough to stick to the traditional Hallamshire custom of keeping a small garden-plot out in the suburbs, to which he could retire in the intervals from business, in which he could delight his horticultural soul, and, above all, which gave him an object for a walk after the toils of the day. It was a treat to see him in the fading twilight of a summer night, wending his way back to his sooty brick dwelling, laden with rural spoils, with which to enliven it — a huge "posy" of lupines and sweet-williams, and pinks, of cabbage-roses and pansies, and other good old English flowers, now despised and rejected, in obedience to the "bedding out" mania, for masses of scarlet geraniums and yellow calceolarias. Nor was he above bearing through the crowded streets products of even a humbler kind — big-headed cauliflowers or juicy lettuces, or largehearted cabbages — or some other palatable form of the much embracing genus "greens." Of course, being in the country — so to speak, though we were by no means out of the reach or out of sight of the smoke — our talk was of country things. One told how his grandfather, a great garden-smith, used to delight to get away from his shop to his little plot down Bramall Lane way — a walk among the hedges and through pleasant shady lanes; and another remembered being sent, in 1825, with a message to Montgomery, who had retired from his sanctum upstairs in the dingy Hartshead— over the coal place, and with depressing outlook on to brick walls and dilapidated roofs — to refresh himself for a time among the polyanthuses and daffodils of his garden, between Glossop Road and Leavygreave. That is where Hounsfield Road is now, for most of the space from Glossop Road to Brook Hill, belonging to the Water Company, was divided into these little plots. The town in those days was literally surrounded with groups of neatly-partitioned gardens. The late Mr. Edward Baines (M.P. for Leeds from 1834 to 1841) was accustomed to remark that the multitude of small, nicely-kept gardens in its suburbs was a characteristic of Sheffield, in which it was in advance of any other large town he knew. Look which way you would, or go in what direction you would, there they were. Besides the celebrated gardens in the neighbourhood of Hanover Street, there were similar gardens higher up Broomspring Lane and Wilkinson Street, and on the site of the Baptist Church on Glossop Road, and up to Northumberland road and opposite Mushroom Hall to Westbourne, Mr. Cadman's house, near which are a few remaining. From Glossop Road the Water Company's land extended into Brook Hill, and the gardens on this piece were always considered some of the best in the town. Near to and behind the late Ald. Saunders' house in Brook Hill, were gardens, behind which were others, reaching down by Brightmore Street, Bellefield Street, Portmahon, Bedford Street, and Waterloo Houses (commenced building by the father of James Levick, the dahlia grower, and finished by his mother), to the River Don. Then on the opposite side of the river, the site of Neepsend brewery, and right up to the wood and Woodside Lane; also on the opposite side of Woodside Lane, under Pye Bank, to the mouth of the railway tunnel. Harvest Lane, and Green Lane to Colson Crofts were occupied in a similar way; and another plot of small gardens is now on the site of the old Midland Station in the Wicker. These as originally intended, were to have been the basin of the Sheffield Canal. On the opposite side of the road, between Twelve o' Clock Wheel, or the Albion Ironworks, and the Norfolk Bridge, was another lot of gardens, destroyed about 25 years ago. There were small gardens in the Park, part of which is St. John's churchyard. There were some others at Skye Edge, down to Duke Street, or the Intake road. At the end of Clough Lane, down to the river Sheaf (Sheaf Gardens), were gardens considered second to none in the neighbourhood, some containing good double houses, not like those in Club Gardens, Sharrow Lane. From these were others extending across Suffolk Road, down to Harmer Lane. There were also the gardens just destroyed at the end of Bramall Lane, opposite Sheaf House, on the path to Highfield; and about 25 years ago was destroyed a plot of gardens that had extended from the top of Young Street to Broomhall Street. There were some others that have disappeared, to make room for buildings about the General Cemetery and Broomhall Mill. "When all the above gardens were in existence," said Mr. Wragg, "I believe one out of every three working men had a garden, which he cultivated more for pleasure than profit. This was far better than his present gambling propensities; but further, there were not a few instances in which the working man's garden assisted him to clothe his family, or to pay off debts, unavoidably contracted, by the sale of the fruit from his pear or apple trees. Now, there are no such places for a working man to resort to in his spare time, except for those who are members of some Land Society outside the town. It is said he may resort to the Library, or peruse his book at home; that he can amuse himself by holding communication with the great men of past ages; but all such talk is a delusion. Bodily toil and mental discipline will not go hand in hand, or blend. The garden plots remaining are, alas, but few; they may be almost counted on the fingers of one hand, some under the wood at Hillfoot, and some in Neepsend Lane to the river; the Water Company's piece, Hanging bank, and in the flat below the site of the old dams, commonly called Upper and Lower Canada; some around Younge's Silver Rolling Mill; some, comparatively speaking recently made, between Hyde Park and the Manor. There are a few left in Ecclesall Road. In Sharrow Lane are the Club Gardens, that have always been remarkable for the number of houses occupied by the tenants. Fenton Ville gardens and South View gardens, extending down into the Abbeydale road, are noted for the number of their florists, the most successful of whom is William Allsebrook, famous for rearing new kinds of polyanthuses. I am sorry to say I believe all these gardens will soon be like the others mentioned — demolished." Leonard: Yes, they are fast being engulphed by the omnivorous builders; and the robberies to which they are exposed are a great discouragement to the enthusiastic amateurs who compete at pink shows, or dahlia contests, or who strive to raise gigantic gooseberries, to be weighed at Florists' Inns, and celebrated with a supper. Let us hope that this annihilation of garden allotments does not indicate that the healthy delight in floriculture that has always been a characteristic of Hallamshire is dying out. You may still see the grinder returning from a pop visit to his little country delight, laden with early spring rhubarb, or with roots of celery, according to the season of the year; and freehold building societies have altered life so much as to give working men an opportunity of having their homes standing in their own gardens, which is not only healthier but handier. A member of our company mentioned the splendid bed of ranunculuses which a resident in one of the houses still standing opposite the top of Broomhall Street, used to show, and reminded us of the celebrated garden which the Staniforths, father and son, the eminent surgeons in Castle Street, had in the Grimesthorpe road, the present Gardeners' Arms being their garden house. Mr. Wragg recalled that kind, genial old man, Edward Middleton, baker, who kept the Barleycorn Tavern, in Coalpit Lane — the most obliging of neighbours among amateur gardeners. The vicinity of Hanover Street used to be marked out like a chess board by these gardens, and Middleton had one, near the corner of Broomspring Lane and Hanover Street. The top part of it forms now part of Hanover Street, and the bottom extended behind the houses of Mr. Owen, the draper, which face to Broomspring Lane. Afterwards, he showed his skill in one of those previously spoken of, on Glossop Road — where Charles Thompson's coach premises are now, then belonging to the Water Company — having gone there by reason of his neighbour, John Burton, the Quaker, buying a garden for him. Mr. Wragg believed that the last possessor of Middleton's garden, near Mr. Owen's houses, was the late Mr. Bennett, grocer, Church Street, elder brother of the present Mr. Bennett, who succeeded him in his business. Joshua Wilkinson had the next garden above, and he sold it to William Melluish, the last survivor among the many South Devon Militiamen who settled in Sheffield after the disbanding of the regiment. The garden above was Mr. Swift's, the father of Mr. G. E. Swift, in the steel trade, in Blonk Street. At the front of Spring Lane was Samuel Padley's (a Quaker), the father of Mr. Padley, of the firm of Padley, Parkin, & Co., silversmiths, in Watson's Walk. The late Mr. Bramhall, one of the managers of Messrs. Rodgers and Sons, and Mr. Staniforth, grocer, of Broad Lane, had gardens hereabouts. Mr. Roger Brown was the last who had Mr. Staniforth's. Just below, and behind Josh. Ingle's house, an old woman of the name of Savage had a garden, and did all the gardening herself. The late Mr. B. Hinchcliffe had a garden in this piece, and there is a tradition that the late Mr. John Holland occupied a garden here, but his nearest friends are incredulous about it. The story is that an old man, a relative, did the gardening for him, in which case it may possibly have been his uncle Amos. A file cutter, afterwards a silver stamper, named William Hague, had the first garden opposite old Mrs. Savage's. Being a frugal man he saved money, by means of which he built the houses at the bottom of Broomspring Lane, and opened a grocer's shop at the corner. The last person who had Mr. Hague's garden was Mr. Worth, the joiner and builder. Mr. Turner, the Sheriff's officer in Campo Lane, had also a garden; so had Mr. Taylor, of the Commercial Inn, Haymarket, now destroyed by the making of the new street into Norfolk Street; and Mr. Theaker just by, for many years the only coffee-house keeper in the town, had two up to the time of their destruction. James Levick, the ivory merchant, of Pinstone Street, was a well-known dahlia grower. He raised from seed a dahlia which was named "Levick's Incomparable," the beauty of which was that the petals were tipped with white in so peculiar a manner that many persons supposed they were subjected to some chemical process. But this peculiarity was not at all of regular occurrence; and many growers, disappointed by obtaining flowers without the white tips, poured out their woes in the "Floricultural Cabinet," then published by Mr. Ridge, in King Street, and conducted by Mr. Harrison, Lord Wharncliffe's gardener. They besought Mr. Levick to give them details of cultivation, and in reply, he could only say that the flowering was very eccentric, sometimes he produced the flowers with tips and sometimes without; and Mr. Paxton, having one year obtained most beautifully tipped blooms, set a large quantity the next year in most conspicuous places, and had not a single bloom tipped. The secret seemed to be to check a too luxuriant growth of the plant. Mr. Levick also produced a handsome crimson dahlia — "Commander-in-Chief" — which was honoured with a coloured engraving in the work named. Mr. Thomas Tyson, who kept the "Fountain," in Coalpit Lane, was a distinguished florist, and a man evidently much respected by his brethren, for "his funeral was attended by the florists of the town, who strewed his coffin with a profusion of most beautiful flowers." Club Gardens, as has been said, were remarkable for the number of the houses occupied by the tenants. In one house resided the late Mr. Paul Smith, a well-to-do-man, said to have been worth six or eight thousand pounds ; but he was induced to enter into partnership with some firm which shortly afterwards failed. The creditors seized all the property of Mr. Smith to pay the debts of the firm, so he became a poor man, and died a recipient of the Iron and Hardware Pensions. Another resident in these gardens was the late Mr. Charles Unwin, of Westbar, the broker. Previously he had a garden in Brook Hill, in the piece behind Mr. Brightmore's house. After the death of Mr. Thomas Nowill, Mr. Unwin bought his garden, and there he resided at the time of his disastrous fire, in which some thousands of pounds worth of his property and stock-in-trade was destroyed. It gave such a shock to his nervous system that soon after he died, about 16 or 18 years ago. Mr. Unwin was a native of Anston, and originally was a labouring man; but he turned sawyer, and was a very hard worker. Another native of Anston was the late Mr. Henry Broomhead, the solicitor, whose father was a tanner. Some of the best gardens in the neighbourhood were the Sheaf Gardens. About thirty years ago the late Mr. William Stratford had a garden that was remarkable for the neat manner in which it was kept by Mr. Stratford himself; and his tulip bed was the admiration of all beholders. Hanging Bank Gardens, when in existence, were notable for the number of those tenants who exhibited gooseberries at shows ("berry showers") the chief of whom, and the most successful, was the late Robert Green. He resided in one of the houses, probably built by himself or a former tenant, since it is not the work of a mason. He had another garden lower down, but one or two others intervened, and up a walk nearer where the stream of water ran from the Water Company's dams. From his success as an exhibitor of goose-berries he obtained many copper kettles as prizes. When the time of exhibiting was about to take place, his garden had to be watched from the Saturday night to Monday morning to prevent his trees being stripped. Green was a spring-knife cutler, and worked for the late Mr. B. Micklethwaite, whose workmen were very respectable, honourable, and upright. Amongst them there were none of the coarse jokes, indecent conversation, or unmeaning, empty, and profane jests, so common among workmen in the workshops of the present day. They talked when they had something to say, and years after, when one would casually meet another in the street it was always with kindness and respect, something like one gentleman meeting another. About 40 years ago, in one of the gardens near what is now the top of Fawcett Street, just before Bellefield house, was a whitewashed house, with sash windows, in which resided the late John Milner, who in his day was said to have been one of the best, if not the best spring-knife cutler in the trade, and notable for his great powers of debate. He was born in Spring Street or the immediate vicinity, and in his youth or childhood was a companion of the late Mr. Wm. Stratford. He was the last survivor of his early associates. When John Milner left the house it was not afterwards occupied. It dwindled away — lads first broke the windows, and next it gradually disappeared. In Watery Lane was a very good house standing back in a garden. For some time it was unoccupied, and from being untenanted it got into a dilapidated condition. A few* years ago, a portion of one of its walls fell on some children, and one of them was killed. The last occupier was a person of the name of Ross, who left the town and afterwards died. Ross was a man who was going to get every one his fortune. People who believed they or their ancestors had been deprived or dispossessed of property flocked to him in crowds. Somewhere in the vicinity Ross had a rival, a woman, who had two strings to her bow, for in addition to being a fortune-hunter she was a fortune-teller. The market gardeners' grounds ranged, for the most part, from Neepsend and the Old Park Wood to Hall Carr. There was George Stubbing, whose garden, kept before him by Mr. Thornhill, who had a cook shop in the Hartshead, extended from Woodside Lane to Old Park Wood, being bounded on the north by Cook Wood. Part of his garden in Harvest Lane is now the depot of the Board of Health, while the southern part, including the site of the original house, was taken for the Manchester Railway. Before beginning a garden on his own account, Mr. Stubbing had been in the service of Dr. Webb, of whose garden in Harvest Lane he had charge. There was James Andrews, who had an orchard at Neepsend, where the Neepsend Nursery now is; and the orchard in Harvest Lane of William Burgin, now displaced by the various works in Mowbray Street, was one of the finest sights in the town in spring time. Who does not remember, too, that other orchard on the slope below Burn Greave, which everybody would stop and admire even so late as 1855-60? There were two other Burgins besides William, but he was not related to them. They were brothers, George and Jonathan. The former was the last inhabitant of the Clay's house, in Bridgehouses; the latter had a fruit shop in Bower Spring. From Pitsmoor Church to Burn Greave, and to where the Railway crosses Tom Cross Lane, market gardeners had their grounds, and a pleasant walk it was through them, for the Burngreave Road and Rock Street were not made then. The orchard and grounds between these two roads, where Catherine Street now is, were occupied long ago by John Pearson. His family were table-knife cutlers at Neepsend, but he was fonder of gardening than cutlering. Afterwards the land was in the hands of Mr. John Garnett for many years. Then it got into Chancery and was in a lost-looking state until it was built upon. Mr. Garnett removed to the land between the Wicker Congregational Church and Carlisle street, Gower Street having been made across it near to where what was his house still stands. Gardens of similar kind extended to Hall Carr Lane, where, not many years ago, gypsies might sometimes be seen. On the other side of the town was Mr. Hatfield's nursery, on the Glossop road, adjoining Wesley College, which often attracted passers by its beauty. From gardens and gardening we got to talk generally of the changes that have taken place in what may be called the nearer suburban surroundings of the town. The youngest member of our friendly group could, we found, call to mind surprising changes; as for the eldest, the wondrous transmutations to which he could bear witness were endless. Within a very small radius of the Parish Church — say Carver Street Chapel — he had walked in green fields, or traversed woods whose sites are now occupied by whole colonies of houses, and it was told how tradition affirmed that a resident at the top of Coalpit Lane had shown his children Judge Wilkinson's stacks burning at Broomhall from the field on which Carver Street Chapel now stands, then called "Cadman's-in-the-fields." That was in 1791; a more recent story was that in 1817, two ears of wheat were plucked in a field at Roscoe Place, each seven inches long. One of them contained 69 and the other 70 corns. Our old friend's description of Broomhall Spring, which he remembered when he was about 10 years old — in 1791 — was very interesting. "I very well remember," said he, "coming with my father through the wood called Broomhall Spring. It extended from about Wilkinson Street to Broomhall Park. It was full of very fine oak trees, with very little underwood, and the turf was soft like that of a park. I remember very well seeing the trees and the grass, and the sunlight gleaming among them. Not long afterwards the wood was cut down. The Government was then wanting a great deal of oak timber for ship-building, and the trees in Broomhall Spring were sold for that purpose. The roots were dug up, and the land turned into the gardens of which we have been speaking." The inscription on the stone over the trough was still there up to 1836. It ran: — "Spring Garden Well. To the public use, by the Rev. James Wilkinson and Philip Gell, Esq. Freely take — freely communicate — thank God," its site is now enclosed in the garden of the house at the corner of Gell Street and Conway Street.
  3. Ponytail

    A Quite Difficult Question

    Tsavo posted 10th April 2007 Come on Richard, put me out of my misery! Who was it? RichardB posted 10th April 2007. I was sure you were going to get this, you even mentioned the authors name in a posting, saying you hoped for more time now your family had gone back home !!!! At the top of the street, next to the Church Gates, on the site of Pawson and Brailsford's present premises, was the iron- monger's shop of Thomas Heaton, Town Trustee and Church Burgess. When the old Town Hall was built, close to him, in I700, he supplied the "chaines" for the hall candlestick. He was elected a member of the Town Trust in I724. A tombstone in the churchyard records that he died December I9, I734, in the 48th year of his age, and tells us that " He was easy and agreeable in every path of private life, and useful to the publick as a member of the three publick bodies of the Town, the Church, and the Free School, and died generally lamented." Then follow the names of his wife and of a number of their daughters, who long remained in occupation of the High Street premises, ending with " Hellen, the last survivor of this truly Respectable Family, who departed this life, the I8th June, I795." We get an instructive glimpse of the High Street of the past in a reference to Mr. Heaton's property in a document dated I726.* In that year Heaton leased to the Rev. John Balguy " part of his garden adjoining the Boys' Charity School." On this Mr. Balguy built a dwelling-house, and it is evident that Mr. Heaton's garden had extended behind his shop, for the whole length of the churchyard, to the Charity School. Mr. Balguy was at one time a teacher in the Grammar School, where his father had been headmaster from I664 to I696; and mention of him brings us into connection with another High Street worthy and Town Trustee, Mr. Christopher Broomhead, for the Rev. John Balguy married one of Christopher Broomhead's daughters; Mr. Robert Drake, surgeon, another; and Mr. Christopher Robinson, headmaster of the Gran mar School, and the author of various theological books " Local Notes and Queries," Sheffield Indepenednt, March I5, 1877. + Gatty's Hunter's " Hallamshire," pp. 250,255, 308-9. Ante, p. 174. Source : REMINISCENCES OF SHEFFIELD by R. E. LEADER CHAPTER 13 - HIGH STREET and OLD INNS. This is the property of the Heaton's and surrounding. Information from The Story of Sheffield High Street, from 16th Century to Modern Times, by Pat Dallman. "At the beginning of the 1700's the house next to the church gates, which in the previous century has belonged to the Creswick and Joshua Bayes, came into the possession of Joseph Banks, the attorney. He sold it in 1710 to Thomas Heaton, an ironmonger and his shop with its post and chains across the front, became a well known feature of the town centre. Thomas was born in 1686 and married wife Sarah in 1718." They had 7 daughters, one of which, Helen lived there until her death 1795. Advertised for Sale in the Iris 28th August 1795. "Most eligible and advantageous situated in High Street, Sheffield; near the old Church, and consists of two Dwelling Houses with Shops to the front and one other Dwelling House fronting the Church Yard, with several Outbuildings an Appurtenances thereto adjoining and belonging; also a Carriage Road from the uppermost part of the Yard to Campo Lane. The extent of the front to High Street is about 19 yards and fronting the Church near 80 yards." Plan of the tenements and ground belonging to the late E. Heaton (now to John Butcher and John Frith in 1806), extending from the High Street to the Hart's Head, c. 1795 https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc04144&pos=23&action=zoom&id=103990 Marked: The Hart's Head [Hartshead], John Hoyland's freehold, road common to the Charity School, Samuel Turner, Butcher and Frith, [property of] the trustees of the Charity School / [Dr?] Drake, late John Winter's leasehold, the property of the heirs of Thomas Vennor, High Street, [property] sold to Samuel Turner, [property sold to W. H. Saunders, Town Hall. A plan of the tenements and ground purchased by S Broadbent of W Battie, with a scheme for opening a communication betwixt the High Street and the Hartshead. (not dated.) https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc04313&pos=25&action=zoom&id=107173 Marked: High Street, Hartshead, brewhouse, property of the late Widow Heaton deceased, Thomas [?] Shaw’s freehold, William Webster’s freehold, John Barlow’s freehold, charity school, and Campo Lane. Part of the property (believed to be The Crown public house) of Thomas Vennor, a draper, made way for York Street in 1770. His drapers shop had bow windows. (Proposed) Plan of a new street along Fig Tree Lane from York Street to West Bar. 1820. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc04108&pos=9&action=zoom&id=103671 Note: the suggested improvement was to make a straight wide street of York Street, Figtree Lane and New Street, but it was never carried out. Shows High Street, York Street, Hartshead, Campo Lane, Figtree Lane, Queen Street, Bank Street and West Bar. Also shows Boys Charity School. Names marked: Gunning, W. and G. Foster, John Hoyland, late Joseph Binney, H. Tudor's executors, late Joseph Ward, John Turner, William Cowley, T. C. Burgesses, A. A. Hardy, John Parkes, Ashforth, Widow Pears, Daniel Holy, Sykes, Marchinton, John Fawcett, William Davis, Dyson, Tippet, Mary Seaton, Francis Allwood, and Joseph Fowler.
  4. I attach a screen shot of the 1849 Ordnance Survey map of part of the city centre. I'm looking at the history of the Porter Brook in the area. I've walked through the culverted parts a few times and there is a lovely stone arch bridge/tunnel between the Decathlon car park and the former Staples car park. The latter entrance is visible through a clump of trees. I think from the 1849 map that this is the two centuries old, and still intact, Vulcan Works Bridge (Vulcan Works was certainly on the site at the old Staples car park end). It is best part of 100 yards long and the Ordnance survey map shows it to be of some length (Hereford St did, and still does, run over the top). Any info/dates of Vulcan works and/or better map links greatly appreciated
  5. Ponytail

    Birley Collieries Branch Line

    Derailed wagons at Woodhouse Mill after the crash. 29th February 1908.s03808 About 12-45 on Saturday morning, a Mineral Train was leaving the East Junction, when an Emigrant Special from Liverpool to Grimsby, containing about 300 passengers, travelling at nearly 30 miles an hour, dashed into its rear.The terrible impact caused the immediate death of Goods Guard Rowley. Fireman Clark was pinned beneath the Engine, and it was two hours before he was released: he succumbed to his injuries the following day.Walter Howell, Driver of the first engine, was very badly injured and scalded. Driver Borland and Fireman Jarred both of Liverpool, escaped without injuries, although their engine was almost overturned. For more information about Birley East Colliery see: Winding Up a History of Birley East Colliery, A Rowles Ref: 622.33 SQ. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;s03809&pos=57&action=zoom&id=7398 https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;s03810&pos=58&action=zoom&id=7399 Train Crash at Woodhouse Junction. 29th February 1908. Photographer: W. Gothard s03778 Train crash on the Birley Colliery Line. 1919. s03807 Coal Wagon at Birley West Pit. 31st March 1938.s15045 Birley West Pit, unloading coal wagon. 31st March 1938.s02331 PhotographerT.Ws02331. Ward and Co. Birley Colliery Mineral Wagon No. 2494, taken at wagon shop. s15037
  6. Curr in his "Coal Viewer and Engine Builder" does mention Watt, briefly on page 20, but the point of his book is to promote his own design of engine which he does in great detail. In 1835 the maximum depth achieved in the North East was 1,590 feet at Monkwearmouth Colliery which was on the deepest part of the coalfield. Other collieries there were also deep - Jarrow, Gosforth and South Hetton around 1.100 feet, though Jarrow brought the coal up in three stages, the maximum lift being 780 feet In 1819 the average depth of Sheffield collieries was 360 feet. There were several shafts at the Hartley colliery and it can be confusing which one is being referred to - for example the "Old Pit" sunk in 1754 was 191 feet ( = 64 yards = 32 fathoms) and the "Mill Pit" sunk in 1830 was 437 feet ( = 144 yards = 72 fathoms)
  7. Ponytail

    Milk Street Academy

    Milk Street Academy. s06474 Brief History of Milk Street and the Academy https://sheffielder.net/2022/11/03/milk-street-swept-away-by-the-construction-of-arundel-gate/ Book Plate for Mr Bowling's Classical, Commercial and Mathematical Academy, Milk Street, Sheffield. y06440 Original at Local Studies MP 6443 M. Leeds Library Special Collections, Milk Street Academy ( Sheffield) https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/participant/68118 Includes Milk Street Academy. https://blogs.princeton.edu/cotsen/2017/05/good-job-reward-books-from-early-19th-century-english-schools/ Milk Street from Norfolk Street, Nos. 43-45 Harry Hartley and Son Ltd., hardware store (former Milk Street Academy). February 1964. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;s17929&pos=7&action=zoom&id=20613 https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;s17930&pos=8&action=zoom&id=20614 A Plan of the Tenements and Ground held of the Earl of Surrey by the Heirs of the late John Trout and assigned by them to John Schofield containing in the whole 398 yards, 1778. Surveyor: William Fairbank II. Property on the corner of Norfolk Street and Milk Street, including the School House (1771 Petticoat Lane); erectors of buildings named; measurements. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc03211&pos=22&action=zoom&id=98297 A plan of the tenement and ground held of the Earl of Surrey by the heirs of John Trout and assigned by them to John Schofield. 1778. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc03656&pos=23&action=zoom&id=99206 A Plan of the Sundry Tenements [property] of the Earl of Surrey in Norfolk Street, Arundel Street [Sycamore Lane] and Pond Lane. 1780. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc04171&pos=25&action=zoom&id=104512 Shows Norfolk Street, Arundel Street, Bowling Green Lane, Pond Lane, Pond Mill Dam, Shude Hill, road to Pond Mill, Slaughter House Lane, Milk Street, Pond Well, Pond Well Hill, and Change Alley. Note: Sycamore Street is named Arundel Street on this plan; probably by a mistake, as the Arundel Street shown on FC/P/SheS/745 (1787) is the same as the modern street. Tenants: Joseph Ibberson, Joseph Mitchell, Ann Genn, Thomas Siddall, Margaret Nutt, Mary Naw, Robert Higginbottom, John Schofield, Eliz. Dickinson, John Linthwaite and sister, Eliz. Rodgers, Titus Salt, George Clark, James Kaye, Thomas Pearson, Robert Baxton, Thomas Lambert, John Hammond, John Walter, Thomas Laycock’s heirs, William South, Edward Hawke, Josephus Parkin, John Greaves, Thomas Law’s heirs, Thomas Darwin, Samuel Shepley, Thomas Wilkinson, The Whitelead Co., The Widow Newton, Samuel Broomhead, Robert Lambert, George Badger, Jonathan Hale, Joseph Hall, Sarah Chapman, William ?, Robert [Unwin], John Parkes, Richard Wilson, and others (illegible). The property which became John Schofield property is The Unmarked Property between Benjamin Damms & Milk Street was later part of the Milk Street Academy. Property between Norfolk Street and Sycamore Street, occupied by Benjamin Damms, John Barber and George Dalton, 1828. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc04173&pos=21&action=zoom&id=104514 Shows: Milk Street, Mulberrry Street, George Street, and Sycamore Street.Tenants / owners: Benjamin Damms, John Barber, George Dalton and Thomas Caverley. Extract from: Reminiscences of old Sheffield, it's Street and its People. From letters Editor Robert Eadon Leader, from articles and letters in The Sheffield and Rotherham Independent 1872/3. Page 247-248. Wragg: ..... Near, in Milk Street, is Mr. Bowling's School, celebrated as being kept by the late Mr. J. H. Abraham, who, besides having the best school in the town, was of a mechanical turn of mind, for in 1822 he invented a magnetic apparatus for the protection of persons employed in dry grinding. Twiss: A testimonial was presented to him in that year, "in token of respect for his talents, and in acknowledgment of his services to an afflicted class of workmen by his ingenious invention;" and he also received the gold medal of the Society of Arts for the same invention. Johnson: Like many other things that are theoretically sound, the magnetic apparatus was practically useless. The great complaint against it was, I believe, that it was speedily choked with the fragments of metal attracted, and then the respiration of the workman was distressingly hindered. Holy Green House, The Moor, between Eldon Street and Prince Street. Home of Thomas Holy, who entertained John Wesley there. Mr. Abraham, principal of Milk St. Academy, resided here, also used for boarders and evening classes y01674 Thomas Holy, a member of a very old Sheffield family of manufacturers and merchants lived at Holy Green House which stood in a large garden, with a long green lawn in front, on Sheffield Moor, between Eldon Street and Prince Street. Mr Abraham, the Principal of the Milk Street Academy, had Holy Green House for boarders and evening classes. Mr Abraham also resided here, but left in 1839. It was afterwards used by the Sisters of Notre Dame prior to their premises in Convent Walk. In 1870 it was the Ecclesall Club.
  8. The 1881 Census in enumerator walk order: Records Silver Street Head 57 Silver Street Head John Jackson, Broker 59 Silver Street Head uninhabited 1 Hawley Croft William Humphries, Grocer & Professor of Music 3 Hawley Croft Henry Blockley, Beer House Keeper (in June 1882 Henry Blockley of the Eagle Tavern, Hawley Croft, was prosecuted regarding prostitution. At the same hearing Richard Frazer Horsley of the Reindeer beerhouse, Hawley Croft was similarly charged. The police had stationed two observers where they could watch both premises.) 61 Silver Street Head Charles Naseby. Licensed Victualler (in July 1879 Naseby was landlord of the Union Inn, Silver Street Head was find 5s for permitting drunkenness) 63 Silver Street Head Israil Ginsberg, General Dealer 55 West Bar Green Joseph Edward Dyson, Chemist Records West Bar Green, Tenter Street 81 Tenter Street Thomas Goodwin Carr, Fishmonger 13 Hawley Lane Arthur Slater, Table Knife Cutler 11 Hawley Lane John Cumbalidge, Cutler 9 Hawley Lane Benjamin Taylor, Fish Hawker 7 Hawley Lane unoccupied 7 Hawley Lane back of Richard Powell, Boot Finisher 5 Hawley Lane Richard Fraser Horsley, Publican (Reindeer see above) 52 School Croft unoccupied 50 School Croft unoccupied 48 School Croft Emma Booth, Shopkeeper Records School Croft, Campo Lane, Hawley Croft, Tenter Street, Townhead Street, Sims Croft, St James Street, ends The 1891 Census in enumerator walk order: Note on 1891 Census "the numbers have been altered in most of the district" Records Hawley Croft 53 Hawley Croft John McGrath, Miner Coal 55 Hawley Croft Martin Kearns, Scavenger 1 Hawley Lane William A Humphries, Grocer and Provisions Dealer 3 Hawley Lane Mary Horan (24 occupants, probably a lodging house) 5 Hawley Lane James Sharpe, Beer House Keeper 1 court 1 house Hawley Lane Harry Armitage, Steel Forgeman 1 court 2 house Hawley Lane Albert Oates, Spring Knife Cutler 7 Hawley Lane Elizabeth Antcliffe, Charwoman 9 Hawley Lane Ellen Cunningham, Miners mother 11 house Hawley Lane John Clegg, Cutler 13 Hawley Lane Robert Raby, Cutler 61 Tenter Street James Cartledge, Provision Dealer Then records Tenter Street, School Croft, ends The 1901 Census in enumerator walk order: (presumably many residents and businesses have left ready for demolition, much property being acquired by the Corporation in 1897 in preparation for the Crofts Improvement Scheme) 59 Silver Street Head Walter Axon, Beef Butcher 59 Silver Street Head Moses Feinhols, Grocers Assistant 59 Silver Street Head John Jackson, Furniture Dealer 1 Hawley Lane Mary Horan, Provision Dealer 1 Hawley Lane (back of) John Horan, Mining Engineer 3 Hawley Lane Joe Adamson, Water Company Labourer 5 Hawley Lane Frederick Booth, Old Rein Deer, Public House Keeper 2 house, 3 court Hawley Lane Fred Barlow, Bricklayers Labourer 5 house, ? court Hawley Lane Henry E. Butler, Sculpter and Landscape Artist (oils) 9 Hawley Lane Emma Swinden House Cleaner (Char) 11 Hawley Lane John Hodgson, Hackle Setter 13 Hawley Lane Mary Morris, Oranges Hawker 34 Hawley Croft William Caudle, Painter and Glazier 36 & 38 Hawley Croft James Farrell's Lodging House (17 occupants) Then records Hawley Croft, Sims Croft and 1 final house on Church street In March 1875 part of a lot of freehold property around Silver Street Head being auctioned was " one SALE SHOP and PUBLIC-HOUSE, called the 'Eagle Tavern', numbered 1 and 3 Hawley Lane"
  9. Looking for historical information please regarding the White Houses, which were situated at the corner of Bramall Lane and Cherry Street. I think I read somewhere that the buildings originally took their name from the fact that they were situated on 'White Lane', which I think was the original name for Bramall Lane. http://www.picturesheffield.com/cgi-bin/pi...ff.refno=s05913
  10. Ponytail

    The Three Darnall Halls

    Map of the Estate of Samuel Staniforth in the township of Attercliffe-cum-Darnall. 1832. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc03905&pos=103&action=zoom&id=100165 Full title: Map of the Estate of Samuel Staniforth in the township of Attercliffe-cum-Darnall made for the purpose of ascertaining the title to the several parts thereof as far as can now be done and shewing what parts thereof were entailed by the will of John Staniforth deceased dated 11th March 1700. The following are marked: Top left: Pale Side Field, Upper New Close, Partridge Flatts, Little Wood Close, Green Meadow, Bashforth Close, Calf Close, Barber Close, Lower New Piece, Long Close and Great Old Cotes. Bottom left: Goose Dole, The Acre, Park Field, Lock Close, Old Town Flatt, Hanging Bank, Bowden Housestead Wood, Hollinhurst, Pingle, Six Acre or Rodger Close, Black Hedge, Stone Delf, Ash Close, Two Part Field, Hibberd Field, Owler Greave Close, an allotment, Pease Field, Croft, Near Turner Corft, Far Turner Croft, Near Town Field Close, Turners Flatt, Little Close, Stoop Gate Field, Cockers oak, Great Kirk Bridge. Also shows road from Worksop. Top right: Cow Pasture Tongue, Spring Field, Cow Pasture, Dickawood Close, Stacye Field, Straw Mill Close, Nicholson Croft, Little Town Field, an allotment, Darnall to Sheffield Road Bottom right: Makin Croft, Pit Hill Close, Darnall Hall. Plan of a Freehold Estate at or near Darnal [Darnall] purchased by Samuel Staniforth of Ibbotson Walker. 1839. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc03940&pos=10&action=zoom&id=101830 Includes: Little Park Field, Great Park Field or Three Part Field, Green Lane, New Close, Owler Greave Close or Please Land Close, Lock Close, Long Close, Broom Close or Hanging Bank, Far Ley Lands, Near Ley Lands, Broom Close or Hanging Bank, Winter Croft. Land owners include: Church Burgesses and William Deakin. Surveyor: J. Fairbank and Son. Made from the survey made at the time of the Inclosure. The following map fills in some of the gaps on Staniforths map dated 1832. A Map of an Estate in Darnall in the Parish of Sheffield, the property of John Smelter. 1813. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc03936&pos=11&action=zoom&id=101852 Includes reference to: Acres Hill Close, Stone Delves, Hollinhurst, Pellet Sick, Bottoms, Footway Field, Rough Close, Little Old Cotes, Horse Pasture, The Acre, Croft, Barn, Stables, stackyard and garden, houses and gardens, allotment on Owler Greave. Samuel Staniforth is mentioned several times as a landowner.
  11. John Curr obtained a patent for flat rope in November 1798. John Currs 1798 flat rope patent The rope was made by stitching together several round ropes. The advantage was that for winding up coal from a pit the flat rope effectively increased the diameter of the pulley as the load neared the top, allowing the speed to increase, the weight of rope decreasing as it wrapped around the pulley. Initially he bought in round rope from others, to stitch together using machinery which was situated on the site that would later be the lake in the grounds of "The Farm" and was within yards of his new 1803 house, Belle-Vue. By 1803 he had made arrangements for a warehouse in Tipton to service the West Midland Coal industry with his products. In April 1803 the cost of the ropes was a shilling per pound, with a month's credit, and the coal masters to pay for the carriage by barge. The ropes were warranted to last as long as six to eight round ropes of equal weight. Almost immediately though, users found problems with durability due to the quality of the round rope incorporated in Curr's product. Curr investigated and obtained two further patents: in March 1806 for spinning hemp to make yarn, and in August 1806 for twisting that yarn to make round rope. He then commenced making his own round rope in various sizes up to 7 inches in circumference. In 1807 Curr's patent round ropes were also being made in the ropery of W.Bourne and Son at Hull, for shipping use. Curr's round rope was a good product in itself and contributed to the quality of his flat ropes. Description of Currs Rope patents By 1813 rope production was so successful that it warranted a dedicated ropery building. The works he put up in 1813 (see Fairbanks' plan), was between his house, Belle-Vue, and the town, the land being an addition to the land already on lease from the Duke. Plan of Currs Leases from the Duke There were four storeys to the works, the three lower ones were occupied as cottages or perhaps warehousing, and the rope making was carried out on the fourth, which was continuous for the length of the building. The ropery crossed the already existing South Street, so an arch was required to allow traffic along the street. Derbyshire Archaeological Society Bulletin No 15 (Spring 2000) refers to two Josiah Fairbanks field books in Sheffield Archives (ref SAFC FB 137 & 138 ) which supposedly show a railway between Curr's (flat) "Rope place" on the site of The Farm's lake, and the later (round) Ropery. By 1820 Curr had sold the rope patent rights and manufacturing machinery to Richard and William Furley of Gainsborough, who also maintained a warehouse in Tipton. When no longer required to operate as a ropery, probably in the 1840s, the building was reduced in height and partitioned, to facilitate its use as 2 room cottages. Possibly some of the lower storeys had previously been used as warehousing for raw materials and finished goods. The length of Ropery Row was originally about 270 yards and it was still the full length in 1823. By 1831 the row had been broken up with a section in the centre removed, so it was down to about 180 yards. The 1850 map shows it as comprising 2 sections - "Low Ropery" which was probably where the meeting rooms were, west of South street, and the eastern section comprising 22 dwellings, 100 yards long. Large rooms remained in existence above the Low Ropery section. In the 1850s there was a school there. The United Methodist Church (Shrewsbury Road) were based in the Row in the late 1850s, and in 1872 there was a Temperance Hall. Political meetings of 500 electors were held there in 1886 and 1892. In 1876 Sale Memorial Church (St Lukes) was erected on this site of the western end of the Ropery, part of which had been purchased and demolished for the purpose. In 1841 the census showed almost half the one-up-one-down cottages in the Row unoccupied and in that year Mr. Mudford was operating a ropery in a large room above three of the cottages. From the 1851 to the 1911 census the cottages were numbered 1 to 21 and fully occupied. The Row was demolished in 1912, at which time there was a chip shop at one end, seen in the PictureSheffield photo (incorrectly dated as 1925 - it appears in a 1912 newspaper article about the demolition). Ropery Row before demolition 1912
  12. Ponytail

    Tapton Hall/Tapton Hill/Shore Lane

    Tapton Hall, Shore Lane showing extension built 1968 by Hadfield, Cawkwell and Davidson. October 1988. s29369 s29367
  13. I think some of these may still exist? Fulwood Head Road. Boundary Gleadless Road. Brookhouse Hill. Opposite Cottages & Chapel Green Lane. Near Wood, Walkley Bank Road. Hagg Lane No. 1. Grange Farm (could be Grange Fm at Norton?). New Trough Roper Hill.
  14. boginspro

    Birley Collieries Branch Line

    I may be wrong here and apologise if I am but the original picture put on by History dude looks to me like the tunnel/bridge at Coisley Hill just below the Block Houses on Coisley Road. If that is so as kids it was always known as The Tunnel though I think it was just quite a long under bridge. It seems to me to have been accepted as the bridge under Normanton Hill into Birley West pit but if you look at the 1938 picture above of a wagon loading coal at the land-sale site of the old Birley West site you can see how steep that hill is and the difference in gradient to the first picture.
  15. Link to: Building on Carter Hall Lane. https://www.sheffieldhistory.co.uk/forums/topic/19823-building-on-carter-hall-lane/
  16. Ponytail

    Edgestones

    Shows Edgestones Jessop Street & South Street. Improvements in South Street, Coalpit Lane, Balm Green and Hereford Street, with a selection of part of South Street and Jessop Street, 1825. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc04251&pos=2&action=zoom&id=105413 Marked: South Street [The Moor], road from Manchester, Younge Street [Young Street], Bennets Lane [Bennett Lane], Hereford Street, [Jail, Fail, Tail Street?], Bright Street, Cumberland [Street], Jessop Street, T. Holy's garden [Holy Green], Earl Street, Rockingham Street, Landers Lane, Duke Street, Carver Street, Ward Street, Porter Lane, Union Street, Sugar House, Furnival Street, Coalpit Lane, Burgess Street, Cross Street, Pinston Street [Pinstone Street], St Paul's, Charles Street, Norfolk Street, Balm Green, Far Gate, an Division Street.
  17. Ponytail

    Middlewood Hospital

    Built in 1872 as South Yorkshire Asylum; 1889-1929 The West Riding Asylum, Wadsley; Converted Spring 1915 into Wharncliffe War Hospital; 1930-1948 known as Wadsley Mental Hospital; 1948-1959 Middlewood (Mental) Hospital; 1959-1972 Middlewood (Psychiatric) Hospital. For more information see: Middlewood Hospital 1872-1972, Thorpe. Local Studies Ref: 362. 209 S. South Yorkshire Asylum - Plan of Estate. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc01407&pos=7&action=zoom&id=65677 Shows: Hospital Buildings, including Female and Male Wings, Administrative Block, Nurses' Residence, Laundry House and Dining Hall, as well as Airing Courts, Drying Green, Boiler buildings, Wood and Masons' Yards, Farmery, Kitchen Gardens, Isolation Hospitals (2), Church, Nursery, Gardener's Lodge and Entrance Lodge. The extent of the estate shown is bounded by irrigation land and the River Don to the north north east, Worrall Lane to the west south west, land belonging to Elijah Eaton and Mr. Newton to the north, and land belonging to Messrs. Brooke and Sons, the Trustees of George Miller, and Mr. Fowler to the south. Whilst the date of the plan is unclear, the layout of the buildings shown correspond to a period covering approximately 1889-1901. The name West Riding Asylum was used between 1889 and 1929, and it is known that a second dining hall for women, adjacent to the female detached block, was built in 1901. This hall is not shown on the plan. Printed by Pawson and Brailsford, Sheffield. Scale: 1 inch : 22 yards. Four sections pasted together. Original at Sheffield City Archives X71/2/1. Asylum Entrance Gates & Middlewood Road. t08535 The Gate, looking towards Middlewood Road. s05403 Asylum Lodge. s05404 Kingswood Block, Wards 9 - 13, February 1990.s23410 Queenswood Block Wards 25-28 with Clock Tower Administration Block in the background. February 1990.s23414 South Yorkshire Asylum, Wadsley Park- Basement Plan. Feb. 1875. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc07350&pos=179&action=zoom&id=106493 Marked: tailor's shop, shoemaker's shop, attendant's rooms, scullery, wc, shoe rooms, dormitories, single room, day room, ashes, coal, lavatory, bath room, dressing rooms, etc. South Yorkshire Asylum - Workshops (boilerhouse, Bakehouse, Brewhouse, Weaving Shed etc.) Plan and Section. 7th Jan. 1871. Architect: Bernard Hartley. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc07351&pos=177&action=zoom&id=106489 Marked: smith's shops, boiler house (with boilers), bake house (with ovens), brew house, plumber, weaving shed, joiner's shop, bread store, malt [store], painter, yard, carpenters' shop, timber yard, urinals; bookbinder, upholsterer, hair picking room, mason's shed and old metal [store]. South Yorkshire Asylum - Washhouse, Laundry, etc., Plan and Sections, c.1871. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc07352&pos=178&action=zoom&id=106491 Marked: laundry, yard, drying closet, wringing machines, troughs for hand washing, washing wheel, copper, stock for rough clothes, rinser of galvanised iron, W.C.s and urinals, engine, bevel wheels, stone heeping pits, ironing stove, cold air flue, sorting and folding room, office, women's distribution room, hot water cistern proposed over engine house, women's lobby, women's receiving room, men's distribution room, men's lobby, men's receiving room. South Yorkshire Asylum - Laundry Residence Ground Plan, 1884. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc07353&pos=181&action=zoom&id=106546 Marked: day room, scullery, kitchen, W.C.s, nurse, buckets, single rooms, dormitory, bath room, dressing room, etc. South Yorkshire Asylum - Laundry Residence Chamber Plan, 1884. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc07354&pos=180&action=zoom&id=106541 Marked: dormitory, stores, W.C.s, nurse, single rooms, bed room, and single rooms. South Yorshire Asylum - Male Block, Second Floor, c.1908. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc01414&pos=170&action=zoom&id=66496 Proposed Adaptation of Recreation Hall for Cinematograph Entertainments. 1924. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc01413&pos=58&action=zoom&id=66495 Proposed Hospital for Tuberculosis Patients. 1925. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc01415&pos=59&action=zoom&id=66497 Sanitary Accommodation for Ward 23. 1925 https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc01410&pos=55&action=zoom&id=65680 Southwood Block Wards 14-24, February 1990.s23409 Ward and Proposed Solarium. Ground Plan & Elevations. 1926 https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc01419&pos=63&action=zoom&id=66502 Proposed Solarium marked on Estate Plan. 1925. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc01412&pos=57&action=zoom&id=66494 Northwood Block, Wards 5 - 8, February 1990. s23413 South Yorkshire Asylum Church Ground Floor Plan showing dimensions and layout of pews to accommodate 631 people. 1873. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc01853&pos=175&action=zoom&id=3264 The Asylum Churcht06703 u01197
  18. Lysanderix

    The Price of Carrying the Coals

    Many local steelworks had their own barges. Tinsley Rolling Mills brought coal to the works on their own craft until , I believe, the 1920s. One was wrecked and it’s remains could be seen when the River Don was in low water. One of the companies long serving workman, Darkie Hercock ,was actually born on one of the Companies barges.
  19. Shire House, Nether Shiregreen. u01160 1910s05982 u01159 Shire House/ Shire Hall, front view. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;v00806&pos=24&action=zoom&id=42608 See also: Sale of superb furniture and choice stock of wine and other valuable effects of Mr. A.A. Hardy dec Wednesday August 5th 1829 Local Studies Sale Catologues Vol 5 Ref: 017.3 S Shire House, (built by Hugh Mellor about 1810, Shiregreen, Wincobank & Ecclesfield, by Brian Wooodriff) isn't mentioned in the 1825 Directory, but there is Andrew Allen Hardy, solicitor and coroner for West Riding of Yorkshire, 19 Bank Street, Sheffield. He had succeeded John Foster of High Green who'd died 4th October 1822 aged 72 years at the Bull & Mouth, Waingate after being taken ill presiding at an inquest. A. A. Hardy held the post until quite suddenly he left the town, leaving large amount of debts unpaid; it was reported he died at Liverpool 20th June 1829, although it was whispered that he was after that date seen alive in America. Thomas Badger, solicitor of Rotherham with offices in High Street Rotherham and Bank Street, Sheffield followed in the role of Coroner, 20th July 1829 after Mr. Hardy's "death." Thomas Badger held the office of Coroner for the next 33 years. Information from the obituary of Thomas Badger, Rotherham Advertiser 2nd August 1862. From White's Directory of 1833 "Shire Green & Nether Shire are neighbouring hamlets 3 miles north of Sheffield and form another seat of the table fork manufacture." In Nether Shire, situated below Nethershire Lane with an entrance off Bellhouse Road, "Shire House a large and pleasant mansion is now the seat of Richard Greaves of Sheaf Works." OS Map 1850. https://maps.nls.uk/view/102345193#zoom=6&lat=4852&lon=14460&layers=BT Richard Greaves died at Shire House, 26th April 1835 aged 55 and buried in the family tomb, Upper Chapel. William Greaves & Sons, Sheaf Works. https://www.hawleysheffieldknives.com/index.php?val=g&kel=1556 Next recorded occupant, 1849 Directory, Capt. Caper, but in 1852 Directory he is recorded as Capt. Capel, staff officer, Shire House. Was he Captain of a Volunteer Brigade, does anybody know anything about him. 1856 Directory the occupant is Henry Hall, Henry, silver plater, Shire House, Shiregreen & Sheffield; Walker & Hall, electro plater & etc. 11 Howard Street. Henry Hall is recorded as a gent, Shire House, 1862 Whites Directory. Henry Hall (c.1802 - 1889), partner of Walker and Hall Ltd. y11266 Image from Walker and Hall, Electro Works Sheffield pamphlet, c.1900 (Sheffield Local Studies Library: 338.4 SST page 11) Walker & Hall Ltd. https://www.hawleysheffieldknives.com/index.php?val=w&kel=367 Change of occupant by the 1879 Directory, Captain Thomas William Jeffcock J.P. (1839-1900) Shire House. Thomas William Jeffcock JP (1839 - 1900), colliery owner, late of Shire House, below Nether Shire Lane, Shiregreen. y08626 For biographical details see 'Sheffield at the Opening of the 20th Century: Contemporary Biographies', S. O. Addy, 1900 (Local Studies 920.04274 SQ 1901 Directory recording "Shire House now unoccupied." Directory 1905, Shire House now in the occupation of James W Dixon. 1911 Directory he had become Major Jas. Willis Dixon. FRGS. Died 1917. James Dixon & Sons Ltd. https://www.hawleysheffieldknives.com/index.php?val=d&kel=372 Link to: Definitely not Victoria most probably. Carter & Sons Glass Bottle. https://www.sheffieldhistory.co.uk/forums/topic/11371-definitely-not-victorian-most-probably/ 1919 see above Sheffield History Link. Geoffrey Cecil Carter, manufacturing chemist (Carter & Sons), Shire House. Former premises of Carter and Sons Ltd., manufacturing chemists, Attercliffe Road. 1987t08420 https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;u08477&pos=3&action=zoom&id=90329 Fire at Carter and Sons, wholesale druggist and manufacturing chemists, Attercliffe Road, Sheffield: advertisement for temporary store (at Savile Street) following the fire at the Attercliffe Road store on 10 Feb 1922. y10022 Original at Sheffield Local Studies Library: MP 1705 VL. Carter and Sons, wholesale druggist and manufacturing chemists, Attercliffe Road: on fire at approx. 9.30 pm 19th Feb 1922. y05297 y10023 Demolition of Shire House. u01158 Who was Hugh Mellor, the builder of Shire House? Was there any other occupants? What was the date of demolition.
  20. History dude

    The Price of Carrying the Coals

    It looks to me like something put out by the Canal companies about the impact of railways on their business. However, I would take the rail figures with a pinch of salt. As we know, the Railways slaughtered the canal traffic and the cost by rail and being cheaper was enough for them to get scared of this new method of transport. With something like that document, you have to take in the motives of who would pay for the expense of publishing it. The document does say "probable" costs. It might be something to do with the canal interests trying to stop Coal Companies actually backing or investing in future rail developments! Showing they wouldn't save much on the short distances and loose on the long ones. There was often some strong opposition to rail expansion.
  21. Ponytail

    G Sharman Glossop Road

    Plan of Land near Portobello agreed to be leased by Benjamin Withers to Samuel Sharman and others. 1835. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc03848&pos=38&action=zoom&id=99542 Marked: Glossop Road; Withers Street; Withers Lane; Cavendish Street.
  22. MartinR

    The Price of Carrying the Coals

    Not always. Many collieries had their own staithes, but then other collieries had rail loading facilities. Wagons are often shunted and spend time in sidings awaiting the next train, boats keep going. Large consumers or merchants may have a private basin, then again they may have a rail connection. You'd need to know the detailed provision for each trip to get an idea of speed. The document is dated 1800-1850, but the start date is way too early, the S&D opened in 1825 and the L&M five years later so what the earliest rail to Sheffield was I don't know. At that early date what speed did railways operate at? Finally, coal does not deteriorate in the timescales we are talking about so does speed matter at all? 30 miles is a day's canal journey, but then add lockage time, may be a couple of days.
  23. Just wondering if anyone knows what this building is / was (building on left in bottom pic) it doesnt look lived in, but the grounds around it are well kept. It looks like it may be in the garden of another house. Its certainly looked after
  24. Rentals of the Wicker Wheel start 1581 in Norfolk Estate Rentals, Nether End let to William Newboulde, South End John Beighton. 1604.William Sanders and Thomas Beighton. 1639 & 1641. Smedley and Birley. 1650.William Birley, John Stainforth and William Homer. 1664 & 1670. Birley half the wheel, other half shared by Stainforth and William Stacey. Good records of repairs, notably to the Wicker Weir for which a temporary dam had been constructed in the early c18th while tenanted by Joseph then Mary Webster. 1716. New lease to cutler Benjamin Pearson had the requirement to improve the race, forebay and wheel pit with newly quarried stone. Shown on Goslings 1736 map of Sheffield. Under Pearson tenancy it remained a grinding wheel. 1737. Development by Wilson the successor of Pearson developed two Tilt Forges. 1746. Wicker Wheel is named, but 1748 a nominal rent of 5/- paid for Wicker Tilt indicating a possible expansion on going. 1752. Joseph Wilson a new lease including the Wicker Tilt added to the Wheel & Tilt at Lady's Bridge. The two sites are separted on maps, with the goit to the wheel shown behind buildings on the south east frontage of the Wicker. Information from: "Water Power on the Sheffield Rivers." edited by David Crossley with Jean Cass, Neville Flavell & Colin Turner. 1785. leased to Blonk & Co and again named in the 1794 list. Plan of B. Blonk and Co's Wheel in Castle Orchards, [Furnival Road], 1787 https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc04189&pos=806&action=zoom&id=104959 Marked: River Dunn [River Don], The Dam, the wash, River Sheaf (with bridge), old dam, goight, etc. A map of the parcels of ground demised by the Duke of Norfolk to John Eyres. 1789. Corner of the Wicker and Blonk Street, showing part of Lady's Bridge. Also marked, Wicker Tilt Yard. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc03443&pos=230&action=zoom&id=98715 Lady's Bridge in 1802, Wicker Tilt (right) The name Lady's Bridge was derived from a small chapel, dedicated to Our Lady, which formerly stood at the west end of the bridge under the wall of the castle.s07499 Text reads: "Lady's Bridge Sheffield in 1802; so called from a chapel of the Virgin Mary on or near it. Built in the time of Henry VIIth 1486 A.D." 1810. Blonk, purchased the Tilts from the Norfolk Estate, recorded in Rate Books and Directories until 1871. Blonk Wheel, and ground and premises held therewith. 1834. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc04190&pos=7&action=zoom&id=104960 Marked: River Dun [River Don], River Sheaf (with bridge), new line of goit arched over, new cattle market, canal basin, reservoir, Blonk Wheel, weir [and Effingham Street]. Artists Impression of Lady's Bridge, Wicker, Tower Grinding Wheel in background, Wicker Tilt in foreground. 1844s07500 Henry H. Earl (Etcher) Presented to the Cutlers Company by C.D. Pettinger ESQ. April 1918. 1849. Tennants were Cocker Brothers and still 36 troughs at the grinding wheel. After a period of heavy rain resulting in the bursting of the Dale Dyke Dam at Bradfield, over the night of 11th-12th March 1864 the torrent of water gushed down the River Loxley and into the River Don resulting in much loss of life and devastation to properties. Extract from "The Great Flood at Sheffield." "When the flood was at its height the scene on the Lady’s Bridge at the top of the Wicker was most extraordinary. The water came rushing down between the buildings on each side with a force that made the Lady’s Bridge quake and tremble. Against the bridge were piled up trees, logs of timber, broken furniture, and debris of every description. The light from street gas lamps revealed to spectators, of whom they were a good many, some of the horrors of the scene. The arches of the bridge were nearly choked by the accumulation of rubbish, and the impeded waters rose to a fearful height, breaking over the parapets of the bridge, and rushing across Mr. White’s slate yard over the broad thoroughfare of the Wicker. Here might be discerned a man in a state of nudity, and who had been swept down by the flood, clinging to a lamp post in order to avoid being carried away, and there he perished, as much from the benumbing influence of the cold as from the effects of the water. In the Wicker the shutters of many of the shops were washed down, the doors burst open, and the contents of the shops carried away or destroyed. The losses sustained by many tradesmen here were very serious. In Blonk Street the flood deposited several dead bodies, as well as a vast heap of timber and broken rubbish. The wall at one end of Blonk Bridge was knocked down, together with a portion of the enclosed Cattle Market. The Wicker Tilt was submerged to a great height, and the Killing Shambles across the river were filled with water. Much injury was done at the Tower Wheel, and also at the Hartford Steel Works." The extent of the damage done is evident in the Sheffield Flood Claims some naming employees and giving details of contents of the premises. (claim included for Cockers, Wire Mill, Nursery Street) Wards Blonk & Co. Benjamin Huntsman, Francis Huntsman, Sarah Rimington, Proprietors of Wicker Tilt, Wicker, Sheffield. https://sheffieldfloodclaimsarchive.shu.ac.uk/claimSummary.cfm?claim=3-3294 James Cocker, merchant and steel refiner and manufacturer of cast steel wire etc., for Water Wheel House repairing & damages done by the Inundation of the Works of the Claimant situate in Blonk Street. (includes named employees) https://sheffieldfloodclaimsarchive.shu.ac.uk/claimSummary.cfm?claim=5-4828 The Engine damage resulted in Cocker Brothers claiming 3 weeks loss of wages for the following named workmen, although the claim eventually dismissed. https://sheffieldfloodclaimsarchive.shu.ac.uk/claimSummary.cfm?claim=1-343 A claim by Thomas Tildes Cocker and Samuel Cocker, trading in Co-partnership under the firm of Cocker Brothers, manufacturers of steel, files, wire etc. and general merchants, Nursery Street, Sheffield for damage at the works and loss of employees and wages. https://sheffieldfloodclaimsarchive.shu.ac.uk/claimSummary.cfm?claim=5-4676 Edmund Cocker, Wire Drawer of 117 Nottingham Street, Sheffield. https://sheffieldfloodclaimsarchive.shu.ac.uk/claimSummary.cfm?claim=10-918 George Morton, wire drawer at Cocker Brothers, Nursery Street Wire Mill of 45 Nottingham Street. https://sheffieldfloodclaimsarchive.shu.ac.uk/claimSummary.cfm?claim=1-87 Thomas Cocker, wire drawer. Howard Hill, Steel Bank, Sheffield for loss of wages at the works of James Cocker, Blonk Street. (claim withdrawn) https://sheffieldfloodclaimsarchive.shu.ac.uk/claimSummary.cfm?claim=1-921 Jonathan Wilson, wheelwright, Blonk Street, Sheffield. https://sheffieldfloodclaimsarchive.shu.ac.uk/claimSummary.cfm?claim=5-4652 1870's Wire Mill had been built although the head and fall of the wheel was still entered in the Rate book of 1871, James Cocker still using water power, confirmed in the 1874 & 1895 lists. B. Huntsman, Wicker Forge, Lady's Bridge. y13250 Image from Illustrated Guide to Sheffield by Pawson and Brailsford, p.133, 1889. O. S Map 1890, including Naylor, Vickers and Co., Millsands Steelworks, Exchange Brewery, Wicker Tilt, etc., Lady's Bridge https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;y06791&pos=11&action=zoom&id=59986 1895. Vickers are recorded drawing wire using a low breast wheel. The tilts tenanted by Huntsman had no head and fall recorded; indicating steam in use. Confirmed by recording an ancient and obsolete wheel. Water was taken from the Weir at Lady's Bridge. The Tilt and Wheel sites have been built over. Lady's Bridge and Wicker Tilt (Huntsman's Forge), No. 2, Wicker, before 1901, occupied by Benjamin Huntsman, owned by Ward, Blonk and Co. steel tilters and forgers. It was demolished in 1901. s07493 River Don from Lady's Bridge, No 2, Wicker, Wicker Tilt also known as Huntsman's Forge, occupied by Benjamin Huntsman and previously by Blonk and Co., foreground, left. Blonk Street Bridge in near distance, Tower Grinding Wheel in background. 1896. s12220 s12219 Building construction at the side of the River Don between Lady's Bridge and Blonk Street This building was occupied by Hancock and Lant from the 1950s. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;s10087&pos=5&action=zoom&id=13247 https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;s10088&pos=6&action=zoom&id=13248 Previously occupied by Wicker Tilt, Royal Exchange Buildings, Lady's Bridge from Castlegate, erected around 1900 comprising shops, stables and housing. 4th April 1989s24239 Section of 1890 O.S map showing Exchange Brewery, Lady's Bridge Bewery, Bridge Inn, Bull and Mouth Public House, Wicker Tilt. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;y06790&pos=217&action=zoom&id=59987 Is the structure in front of Lady's Bridge the sluices? https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;v00968&pos=246&action=zoom&id=42757 Remains of a Crucible Stack Furnace, IQuater Apartments and Retail Development, Blonk Street. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;u05789&pos=34&action=zoom&id=41178 https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;u05790&pos=35&action=zoom&id=41179
  25. The Sheffield Corporation Act of 1900 gave powers for a number of tram routes to be constructed, some of which were never followed up. One of these was the route from the junction of Cemetery Road and Washington Road, along the upper part of Cemetery Road and Psalter Lane to Banner Cross, with a link along Cowlishaw Road and Junction Road to Hunters Bar. Discussion of this progressed as far as a proposal in May 1900 to pave Cemetery Road in granite when the tram lines from Washington Road to Sharrow Head were laid. During 1908 Psalter Lane residents held meetings against the proposed extension, they said that the existing Ecclesall and Nether Edge services were adequate and that Psalter Lane was the only main route out of Sheffield unspoiled by tramcars. There were calls in council meetings to veto the extension, for which authorisation had been renewed in a 1907 Act, and in 1909 the plan for this extension was abandoned. By then the Corporation were trialling motor buses for new routes, for which they had received the authorisation in 1907 . The electricity supply system was initially shaped by the huge requirements of the tramways. In 1902 the Sheaf Street power station was changed over to 50Hz generation, more suitable for lighting. In 1904 the Neepsend power station came into use.
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