Guest InSheffield Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 Inspired by this thread, I thought I'd put together a thread trying to locate all the surviving boundary posts in the city. Sheffield/Ecclesall Division Street/Carver Street ------------------------------------------------------------------- Sheffield/Nether Hallam Brook Hill © Copyright Terry Robinson and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence. Convent Walk ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ecclesall/Nether Hallam Gell Street Google Streetview ----------------------------------------------------------------- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukelele lady Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 Not forgetting this one on Middlewood Road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest InSheffield Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Not forgetting this one on Middlewood Road. I think that's a milestone, rather than a boundary post. There are a few listed ones in Sheffield: A57 (north side x2 and south side x1) Burncross Road (A629) Cowley Lane (A629) Hallwood Road (A629, north east side) Main Road A616 Wharncliffe Side (at conjunction with Langsett Road North) Manchester Road (A616) Middlewood Road North A616 (West Side) Penistone Road (approx. 45m north of junction with Wheel Lane, Halifax Road and Salt Box Lane) Penistone Road (Handsome Cross) Station Road, Chapeltown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vox Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Not forgetting this one on Middlewood Road. DSC01584.jpg Gone a bit pink now but I took this picture of the top face. Brayshaw and Booth (Can't read it) Liversedge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 On 04/02/2014 at 00:58, vox said: Gone a bit pink now but I took this picture of the top face. Brayshaw and Booth (Can't read it) Liversedge Milestone-Langsett road nth-top.jpg Brayshaw and Booth Makers Liversedge https://www.milestonesociety.co.uk/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tozzin Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 How did you miss this one on the bottom of Wilkinson St?, its just a few yards away from the one on Gell St. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvin72 Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 I'm interested in these Did Sheffield townships end with the formation of the Town Council in 1843? If so how old are the boundary markers? Finally I guess that the one on Carver Street is half buried rather than damaged or a different size to the others? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmund Posted June 3, 2020 Share Posted June 3, 2020 The Council had wanted to amalgamate the seven Sheffield townships and thought that the newly introduced Local Government Act 1888 (section 57) gave them power to do this. This was confirmed, however they could not carry it out due to the resulting municipal area being spread across two Poor Law Unions. The Local Government Act of 1894 amongst other things, reformed the Poor Law, and the Council used a combination of the two acts to amalgamate the townships. There were numerous reasons for boundary posts. For example before the New Highway Act of 1862 parishes were divided into hamlets for the maintenance of the roads, with ratepayers responsible for the surveying, repair and rate collection for these small areas. Another reason was to show the police areas - in 1832 there was one of these boundary markers set into the wall of the Brunswick Chapel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tozzin Posted June 3, 2020 Share Posted June 3, 2020 I contacted Amey in 2014 about the state of the boundary marker on Convent Walk, it was in an appalling condition and needed restoring, the photo shows the result. Not much care shown using green paint on the lettering but its better than the rust that covered it before. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted June 3, 2020 Share Posted June 3, 2020 13 hours ago, Calvin72 said: I'm interested in these Did Sheffield townships end with the formation of the Town Council in 1843? If so how old are the boundary markers? Finally I guess that the one on Carver Street is half buried rather than damaged or a different size to the others? Comparing it with the other boundary posts, it makes me wonder if the Carver Street post is original? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmund Posted June 3, 2020 Share Posted June 3, 2020 A post is shown on the 1890 map at the corner of Carver Street and Division Street (though doesn't prove it was the same one, not a replacement) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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