Calvin72 Posted April 3, 2015 Author Share Posted April 3, 2015 Feature located on Bradfield Road outside the electricity power station, so very close by to Holme Lane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvin72 Posted April 5, 2015 Author Share Posted April 5, 2015 Not sure if Hodkin & Jones have appeared in this thread yet - if not it's an oversight as there are loads about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvin72 Posted April 11, 2015 Author Share Posted April 11, 2015 Probably my strangest find ... Near the bottom of New Street, City Centre (opposite the Law Courts). 'Leicester Corporation Water' ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvin72 Posted April 13, 2015 Author Share Posted April 13, 2015 Leicester Corporation Water Works 1878-1974, when Trent Water took over. I think this feature dates from the earlier part of that period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 Leicester Corporation Water Works 1878-1974, when Trent Water took over. I think this feature dates from the earlier part of that period. Probably cast in Sheffield for LCWW, and got accidently mixed in with ours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvin72 Posted April 13, 2015 Author Share Posted April 13, 2015 R Bottomley, Builder, Club Garden Road, Sharrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 R Bottomley, Builder, Club Garden Road, Sharrow. "> Bottomley Robert, 145 Club Garden Road, builder, 1905, 1911 & 1925 directories. Google Street View Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vox Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 John Robinson, Royds Foundry Ltd, Ecclesfield Quite a few at Millhouses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 John Robinson, Royds Foundry Ltd, Ecclesfield Quite a few at Millhouses "John Robinson, Royds Foundry Ltd., Ecclesfield", are listed in the 1925 directory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 "John Robinson, Royds Foundry Ltd., Ecclesfield", are listed in the 1925 directory. Royds Foundry, Attercliffe, 1879 directory. Robinson John, clay, mortar and gannister mills and general ironfounders, Royd's Foundry, Royds Mill Street; house, Norwood Villas, 4 Osgathorpe Lane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tozzin Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 I took this today on Backfields, its pretty clear after 93 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tozzin Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 That's a particularly well preserved example. I'm not sure that cover was originally in that frame though. The patterns look different on the two parts. These covers come in two sizes and two slightly different patterns. Originally they had holes in to vent the drains below and so surface water could enter. They are usually in the middle of the road, although some have ended up on pavements with changes to street layouts. This one is in the middle of the road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tozzin Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Here's another two drain covers, one which you can see the date plainly is on Backfields, the other older one is on Bethel Walk, as you can see it has twelve slots. There are words on it and it looks like Sheffield across the top and Corporation along the bottom, just cant make the date out its 18?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvin72 Posted April 23, 2015 Author Share Posted April 23, 2015 Generally speaking the '12 slot' design was replaced by the '10 slot' one. Indeed the 12 slot only lasted from 1890 to 1893 and the vast majority of them are dated 1892, including quite a few in the City Centre (including, almost certainly, tozzin's example). The years between 1890 and 1893 saw a few experiments in drain covers which I have mentioned before on here. It looks like there were competing foundries or designs for a short period until the Corporation settled on the 10 slot design which are numerous and dated from 1893 to 1929. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvin72 Posted April 23, 2015 Author Share Posted April 23, 2015 Whilst electioneering I have found loads of maker's names ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vox Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 Lots to look into there calvin. I only wish I could stay on here for more this site for long enough to look into them. I keep getting error messages every time i try to do something. Hopefully it will be ok soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmund Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 Henry White, builder, late of 81 Washington Road, Sheffield, died 3rd May 1941 Thomas W Rose (joiner and painter) 182 Derbyshire Lane, Norton Woodseats (Whites 1905). His wife Ann Eliza died in September 1908 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 1925 directory. Ash, Son & Biggin Limited, builders & contractors, 29 Union lane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 1879 directory. Kenyon Charles, slater and builder, 11 Ellesmere road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 1901 directory. Sharp William Thomas, builder, 714 Abbeydale Road. "Sharpe" spelt without an 'e' in the directory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvin72 Posted April 25, 2015 Author Share Posted April 25, 2015 A fine example of a 'Sheffield Water Works Company' cover, found at the corner of London Road and Abbeydale Road. I know about fifteen or so of these left. The Sheffield WaterWorks HQ is now a Lloyds No.1 bar next to the City Hall and we can date the feature to pre-1888 as the Company was absorbed by the Corporation on Jan 2nd that year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvin72 Posted May 6, 2015 Author Share Posted May 6, 2015 Charles Ross of Heeley appears on iron from Tramway covers to coal chutes, but this is the first drain cover I have seen (near Botanical Gardens / Ecclesall Road). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvin72 Posted May 26, 2015 Author Share Posted May 26, 2015 Can anyone make this out ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tozzin Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 Spotted this on the High Street in Ecclesfield today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvin72 Posted July 24, 2015 Author Share Posted July 24, 2015 This set of initials came up before and it appears to stand for Wortley Rural District Council. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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