Ponytail Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 James Dixon & Sons, manufacturer of silver and silver plated goods, Cornish Place Works, Cornish Street. Advertisement and text from Illustrated Guide to Sheffield, Pawson and Brailsford 1862. Advertisement 1868 https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;y09370&pos=118&action=zoom&id=102789 Pawson & Brailsford 1879 https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;s09885&pos=112&action=zoom&id=12980 Advertisement 1889 https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;y11870&pos=120&action=zoom&id=119864 See Picture Sheffield for further images and James Dixon & Son. Catalogue of Sheffield Plate pre 1846. Former premises of James Dixon https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;v03617&pos=39&action=zoom&id=44850 https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;t01229&pos=33&action=zoom&id=31681 Cornish Place Works now converted into Apartments https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;c00683&pos=5&action=zoom&id=1191 https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;c00682&pos=4&action=zoom&id=1190 https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/James_Dixon_and_Sons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponytail Posted January 5, 2023 Author Share Posted January 5, 2023 Sheffield Flood Claim. William Frederick Dixon, James Willis Dixon, Henry Isaac Dixon, William Faucett, William Frederick Dixon jnr, James Willis Dixon jnr, merchants and manufacturers carrying on business in Co-partnership under the firm of James Dixon & Sons, Cornish Place. Names all employees. https://sheffieldfloodclaimsarchive.shu.ac.uk/claimSummary.cfm?claim=6-5044 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archaeo Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 South Yorkshire Historic Environment Record Entry including reference to a record of the building having been made in 2001 prior to conversion: https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=MSY12534&resourceID=1027 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponytail Posted January 19, 2023 Author Share Posted January 19, 2023 Sheffield Flood 1864 "Cornish Works, the property of Messrs. James Dixon & Sons were flooded and the dies and stamps on the lower rooms were injured. The boundary wall of Cornish Lane was knocked down for some distance." From " History of the Flood at Sheffield" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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