jimmydunneclone Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 Are there any pictures of Hangingwater Rd before the Close was built in 1968? (The part that drops down from Fulwood Rd). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 PictureSheffield Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmydunneclone Posted February 8, 2013 Author Share Posted February 8, 2013 Richard,the last 2 are of the correct part of Hangingwater Rd but too far down to see.I've seen those pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmund Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 Photo here from 1931 looking down the hill. Where did "Hangingwater" come from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 No problem, just dropped a link for newer members. Richard,the last 2 are of the correct part of Hangingwater Rd but too far down to see.I've seen those pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bayleaf Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 Photo here from 1931 looking down the hill. Where did "Hangingwater" come from? Hangingwater road 1931.png It means the sloping (Hang) field (Ing) near the water Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmydunneclone Posted February 9, 2013 Author Share Posted February 9, 2013 Photo here from 1931 looking down the hill. Where did "Hangingwater" come from? Hangingwater road 1931.png That's a great one.Never seen that before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sando Posted February 9, 2013 Share Posted February 9, 2013 Are there any pictures of Hangingwater Rd before the Close was built in 1968? (The part that drops down from Fulwood Rd). I am guessing the close was built on the garden/ land of the house on the corner of Fulwood and Hangingwater rds, I can sort of remember it being built as I used to walk up to Gowers and Burgons at Ranmoor with mum a couple of times a week. I would have been 7 or 8 at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterwarr Posted February 9, 2013 Share Posted February 9, 2013 The key to the name "Hangingwater" is the "ing" part -- an intake or small field. So the name may indicate an intake on a sloping ("hang") site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmydunneclone Posted February 11, 2013 Author Share Posted February 11, 2013 I am guessing the close was built on the garden/ land of the house on the corner of Fulwood and Hangingwater rds, I can sort of remember it being built as I used to walk up to Gowers and Burgons at Ranmoor with mum a couple of times a week. I would have been 7 or 8 at the time. Yes I'm sure it was.I remember Gowers too-can't find any photos of that either... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bayleaf Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 I am guessing the close was built on the garden/ land of the house on the corner of Fulwood and Hangingwater rds, I can sort of remember it being built as I used to walk up to Gowers and Burgons at Ranmoor with mum a couple of times a week. I would have been 7 or 8 at the time. Would that be The Elms? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmydunneclone Posted February 11, 2013 Author Share Posted February 11, 2013 Would that be The Elms? The big house on the corner is called Elmsdale but I think the smaller one in it's grounds might be The Elms.I will look on my way home... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bayleaf Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 The big house on the corner is called Elmsdale but I think the smaller one in it's grounds might be The Elms.I will look on my way home... The end overlooking Hangingwater is now a flat. My daughter lived there for a while, and the name on the gate was The Elms, but maybe that was just that part. Given the names of the other big houses around Ranmoor Elmsdale sounds more likely for the big house! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmydunneclone Posted February 12, 2013 Author Share Posted February 12, 2013 The end overlooking Hangingwater is now a flat. My daughter lived there for a while, and the name on the gate was The Elms, but maybe that was just that part. Given the names of the other big houses around Ranmoor Elmsdale sounds more likely for the big house! Went past The Elms last night.It is the small(er) house in the grounds of Elmsdale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bayleaf Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Went past The Elms last night.It is the small(er) house in the grounds of Elmsdale. I went past myself this afternoon, the little gate on hangingwater says The Elms, but the big gate on the corner as you rightly said , says Elmdale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest plain talker Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Yes I'm sure it was.I remember Gowers too-can't find any photos of that either... Gower and Burgons had branches all over Sheffield. There was one at the side of the John O'Gaunt on Blakstock Road Shops, There was one on Park hill Flats' shopping precinct, I remember one at Gleadless Townend, and I am sure there was one by Sheffield Lane top, though I am prepared to be wrong.( I seem to remember someone mentioning a G&B at Ecclesfield) picturesheffield has a couple of pics of Gower and Burgons branches at Hackenthorpe, and Staniforth Road Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sando Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Yes I'm sure it was.I remember Gowers too-can't find any photos of that either... Could this store on Fulwood Rd, ranmoor be the start of Gower and Burgon empire? http://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;s19518&pos=127&action=zoom&id=22057 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmund Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Elmsdale 1903: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmydunneclone Posted February 13, 2013 Author Share Posted February 13, 2013 Could this store on Fulwood Rd, ranmoor be the start of Gower and Burgon empire? http://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;s19518&pos=127&action=zoom&id=22057 Yes thats it but the store in the Sixties was set back where the two houses are in the photo-as you'll probably remember.It's now a tandoori house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike142sl Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Presumably Hangingwater Rd and Nethergreen Rd used to be called Fulwood Rd initially? Am I right in thinking the long straight bit above Elmsdale was built to facilitate the tram in order to run it to Nethergreen? The original run of Fulwood Rd dropped down to Hangingwater from Ranmoor before going straight up the hill to Fulwood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madannie77 Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 Looking on Old Maps suggests the straight bit of Fulwood Road was in existence by 1893, some 10 years before the tramway was built. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterwarr Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Yes, the straight section of Fulwood Road at this point was built by George Wostenholm just before 1860. He created it as part of his preparations for what became the Storth Crescent Estate, which included Gladstone and Graham Roads. A footpath had previously run across the gap, which now had to be stopped up. Details and maps of this and associated developments are covered in The Growth of Ranmoor, Hangingwater and Nether Green (2009) by, er, me. It’s available at http://www.amazon.co.uk/Growth-Ranmoor-Hangingwater-Nethergreen/dp/0901100854/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1301338671&sr=1-1 Peter Warr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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