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Green Lane Works & Eagle Works, Kelham


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A visit to Green Lane Works and Eagle Works in Kelham just after the site had been cleared of the ancillary buildings. January and February 2012.

Please do get in touch in you have any more old photos, or history of the sites. I am trying to compile a historic timeline from the early days of Kelham.

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The cutlers' grinding wheel (bottom right) was leased by Kellam Homer in the early 17th Century.

(Any excuse to get that link in, its one of my favourites ...)

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Why isn't it called Homer Island then ... ?

Lord Lieutenant of Yorkshire to secure these Arms.

Hereupon this House Ordered, That the Earl of Essex, Lord Chamberlain of His Majesty's Household, and Lord Lieutenant of Yorkeshire, shall forthwith take Care, that the said Arms shall be secured, to the Use of the right Owners, until the Pleasure of this House be further known; and further it is Ordered, That the Gentleman Usher attending this House, his Deputy or Deputies, shall attach, or cause to be attached, and brought before this House, the Bodies of Kelham Homer, Armour-dresser to the Earl of Arundell, and William Chapman his Man, to answer such Things as they stand charged with; and that William West, Esquire, One of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace in the County of Yorke, shall return up unto this House Richard Lockwood's Deposition, and what else he can inform this House in this Cause.

From: 'House of Lords Journal Volume 4: 14 February 1642', Journal of the House of Lords: volume 4: 1629-42 (1767-1830), pp. 580-585. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=35780 Date accessed: 11 October 2012.

http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=35780

The cutlers' grinding wheel (bottom right) was leased by Kellam Homer in the early 17th Century.

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Kelham Island Museum

The Kelham Island Museum is an industrial museum on Alma Street, alongside the River Don, in the centre of The City of Sheffield, England. It was opened in 1982. The island on which it is located is man-made, resulting from the construction of a mill race, in the 12th. century, which diverted water from the River Don to power a corn mill belonging to the Lord of the Manor. It is reported that the island was subsequently named after the Town Armourer, Kelham Homer, who owned a grinding workshop on the neighbouring goit (mill race) in 1637.

http://www.ostamyy.com/museums/England.htm

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Peace, C & S & Co, Merchants, steel converters and saw scythe & file mfrs,Eagle Works, Russell Street (1837)

Eagle Works, Charles and Samuel Peace & co., Merchants, factors and manufacturers of saws, files, Scythe & hay, straw &c. knives, Eagle Works, 84 Russel Street (1841)

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Thanks Richard. I'm slowly trying to piece this puzzle together. I should have actually titled this topic "Green Lane Works, Eagle Works and Horseman Works". The original boundaries are as follows:

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From what I can gather both Horseman Works and Green Lane works have always been 2 separate works, although they were both shared I think by Miba Tzack Ltd at one stage. And Eagle Works (the tall brick structure pictured below was a building that sits within Horseman Works. Within this document it refers to Eagle Work on Russel Street, but I wander whether Russel Street originally extended into Horseman Works.

http://www.wkfinetoo...botsonPeace.pdf

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Please add to the timelines below if you have any missing pieces/ corrections:

Timeline of Green Lane Works:

1795 - Opened by Henry Hoole and Thomas Nicholson (Hoole and Company). Manufacturers of ornamental stove grates and fenders in Bronze and metal

1851 - Firm won won a first Council medal at the The Great Exhibition of 1851

http://www.picturesh...on=zoom&id=7216

1855 - Medaille d'honneur at the Exposition Universelle of 1855

1859 - Henry E. Hoole was elected Lord Mayor of Sheffield

1860 – Construction of decorate archway designed by Alfred Stevens (chief product designer 1850-1852)

http://www.picturesh...n=zoom&id=39226

1864- Great Sheffield Flood

1933 - A.Scott, Upholstery manufacturer

http://www.picturesh...s=2&action=zoom

1948 – W.A. Tyzack. Producer of agricultural tools, parts for farm machinery,

(presumed to have occupied both Green Lane Works and Horseman Works)

Timeline of Horseman Works

1930 – Ibbotson Brothers. Producer of files and razor blades (1940- 1948)

http://www.picturesh...n=zoom&id=13165

1948 – W A Tyzack (presumed to have occupied both Green Lane Works and Horseman Works)

http://www.picturesh...n=zoom&id=34782

Some images here that I can't place the location of. Any ideas?

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The question is, where is 84 Russel St? The Kelham Island Tavern is 62 Russel Street and the numbers seem to increase as you go towards Horseman Works.

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And before Globe Works, it was Eagle Works. I presume that Ibbotson renamed it Globe Works, and Tyzack renamed it Horseman Works in line with their brands. This is some more info on Eagle works http://www.wkfinetools.com/hUK/z-UKReading/gTweedale/gTweedale-SheffieldCutlery-02.asp

This would put the timeline as follows:

Timeline of Green Lane Works:

1795 - Opened by Henry Hoole and Thomas Nicholson (Hoole and Company). Manufacturers of ornamental stove grates and fenders in Bronze and metal

1933 - A.Scott, Upholstery manufacturer

1948 – W.A. Tyzack. Producer of agricultural tools, parts for farm machinery

Timeline of Eagle Works:

1830 - Eagle Works opened. Charles & Samuel Peace & Co

1845 - Ibbotson, Peace & Co, and sold steel, tools, and cutlery.

1930 - Ibbotson Brothers. Producer of files and razor blades

1948 – Became Horseman Works

W A Tyzack

(presumed to have occupied both Green Lane Works and Horseman Works)

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(1965)

Green Lane

Alma Street & Russell Street to Ball Street.

Tyzack W.A.& Co.Ltd. (works).

Scott A (Duride) Ltd., who, upholsterers (Green Ln. Works).

Beckett Alfred & Sons Ltd. steel manufacturers (Brooklyn works).

Jackson Wm. & Co. edge tool Manufacturers.

Wheatman & Smith, saw & machine knife makers.

Crookes Robert & Co., machine knife makers.

..... Ball Street .....

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Ibbotson, Peace and Co., Merchants, steel, saw, file & edgetool, patent scythes manufacturer, Eagle Works, 84 84 Russell Street (White's 1849)

Peace, C & S & Co, Merchants, steel converters and saw scythe & file mfrs,Eagle Works, Russell Street (1837)

Eagle Works, Charles and Samuel Peace & co., Merchants, factors and manufacturers of saws, files, Scythe & hay, straw &c. knives, Eagle Works, 84 Russel Street (1841)

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Some images here that I can't place the location of. Any ideas?






The second image (#:4),
was taken from the bottom of Russell Street looking east along Alma Street,
'Cannon Ales' painted on the side of the Alma PH.


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