Ponytail Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 Rentals of the Wicker Wheel start 1581 in Norfolk Estate Rentals, Nether End let to William Newboulde, South End John Beighton. 1604.William Sanders and Thomas Beighton. 1639 & 1641. Smedley and Birley. 1650.William Birley, John Stainforth and William Homer. 1664 & 1670. Birley half the wheel, other half shared by Stainforth and William Stacey. Good records of repairs, notably to the Wicker Weir for which a temporary dam had been constructed in the early c18th while tenanted by Joseph then Mary Webster. 1716. New lease to cutler Benjamin Pearson had the requirement to improve the race, forebay and wheel pit with newly quarried stone. Shown on Goslings 1736 map of Sheffield. Under Pearson tenancy it remained a grinding wheel. 1737. Development by Wilson the successor of Pearson developed two Tilt Forges. 1746. Wicker Wheel is named, but 1748 a nominal rent of 5/- paid for Wicker Tilt indicating a possible expansion on going. 1752. Joseph Wilson a new lease including the Wicker Tilt added to the Wheel & Tilt at Lady's Bridge. The two sites are separted on maps, with the goit to the wheel shown behind buildings on the south east frontage of the Wicker. Information from: "Water Power on the Sheffield Rivers." edited by David Crossley with Jean Cass, Neville Flavell & Colin Turner. 1785. leased to Blonk & Co and again named in the 1794 list. Plan of B. Blonk and Co's Wheel in Castle Orchards, [Furnival Road], 1787 https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc04189&pos=806&action=zoom&id=104959 Marked: River Dunn [River Don], The Dam, the wash, River Sheaf (with bridge), old dam, goight, etc. A map of the parcels of ground demised by the Duke of Norfolk to John Eyres. 1789. Corner of the Wicker and Blonk Street, showing part of Lady's Bridge. Also marked, Wicker Tilt Yard. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc03443&pos=230&action=zoom&id=98715 Lady's Bridge in 1802, Wicker Tilt (right) The name Lady's Bridge was derived from a small chapel, dedicated to Our Lady, which formerly stood at the west end of the bridge under the wall of the castle.s07499 Text reads: "Lady's Bridge Sheffield in 1802; so called from a chapel of the Virgin Mary on or near it. Built in the time of Henry VIIth 1486 A.D." 1810. Blonk, purchased the Tilts from the Norfolk Estate, recorded in Rate Books and Directories until 1871. Blonk Wheel, and ground and premises held therewith. 1834. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc04190&pos=7&action=zoom&id=104960 Marked: River Dun [River Don], River Sheaf (with bridge), new line of goit arched over, new cattle market, canal basin, reservoir, Blonk Wheel, weir [and Effingham Street]. Artists Impression of Lady's Bridge, Wicker, Tower Grinding Wheel in background, Wicker Tilt in foreground. 1844s07500 Henry H. Earl (Etcher) Presented to the Cutlers Company by C.D. Pettinger ESQ. April 1918. 1849. Tennants were Cocker Brothers and still 36 troughs at the grinding wheel. After a period of heavy rain resulting in the bursting of the Dale Dyke Dam at Bradfield, over the night of 11th-12th March 1864 the torrent of water gushed down the River Loxley and into the River Don resulting in much loss of life and devastation to properties. Extract from "The Great Flood at Sheffield." "When the flood was at its height the scene on the Lady’s Bridge at the top of the Wicker was most extraordinary. The water came rushing down between the buildings on each side with a force that made the Lady’s Bridge quake and tremble. Against the bridge were piled up trees, logs of timber, broken furniture, and debris of every description. The light from street gas lamps revealed to spectators, of whom they were a good many, some of the horrors of the scene. The arches of the bridge were nearly choked by the accumulation of rubbish, and the impeded waters rose to a fearful height, breaking over the parapets of the bridge, and rushing across Mr. White’s slate yard over the broad thoroughfare of the Wicker. Here might be discerned a man in a state of nudity, and who had been swept down by the flood, clinging to a lamp post in order to avoid being carried away, and there he perished, as much from the benumbing influence of the cold as from the effects of the water. In the Wicker the shutters of many of the shops were washed down, the doors burst open, and the contents of the shops carried away or destroyed. The losses sustained by many tradesmen here were very serious. In Blonk Street the flood deposited several dead bodies, as well as a vast heap of timber and broken rubbish. The wall at one end of Blonk Bridge was knocked down, together with a portion of the enclosed Cattle Market. The Wicker Tilt was submerged to a great height, and the Killing Shambles across the river were filled with water. Much injury was done at the Tower Wheel, and also at the Hartford Steel Works." The extent of the damage done is evident in the Sheffield Flood Claims some naming employees and giving details of contents of the premises. (claim included for Cockers, Wire Mill, Nursery Street) Wards Blonk & Co. Benjamin Huntsman, Francis Huntsman, Sarah Rimington, Proprietors of Wicker Tilt, Wicker, Sheffield. https://sheffieldfloodclaimsarchive.shu.ac.uk/claimSummary.cfm?claim=3-3294 James Cocker, merchant and steel refiner and manufacturer of cast steel wire etc., for Water Wheel House repairing & damages done by the Inundation of the Works of the Claimant situate in Blonk Street. (includes named employees) https://sheffieldfloodclaimsarchive.shu.ac.uk/claimSummary.cfm?claim=5-4828 The Engine damage resulted in Cocker Brothers claiming 3 weeks loss of wages for the following named workmen, although the claim eventually dismissed. https://sheffieldfloodclaimsarchive.shu.ac.uk/claimSummary.cfm?claim=1-343 A claim by Thomas Tildes Cocker and Samuel Cocker, trading in Co-partnership under the firm of Cocker Brothers, manufacturers of steel, files, wire etc. and general merchants, Nursery Street, Sheffield for damage at the works and loss of employees and wages. https://sheffieldfloodclaimsarchive.shu.ac.uk/claimSummary.cfm?claim=5-4676 Edmund Cocker, Wire Drawer of 117 Nottingham Street, Sheffield. https://sheffieldfloodclaimsarchive.shu.ac.uk/claimSummary.cfm?claim=10-918 George Morton, wire drawer at Cocker Brothers, Nursery Street Wire Mill of 45 Nottingham Street. https://sheffieldfloodclaimsarchive.shu.ac.uk/claimSummary.cfm?claim=1-87 Thomas Cocker, wire drawer. Howard Hill, Steel Bank, Sheffield for loss of wages at the works of James Cocker, Blonk Street. (claim withdrawn) https://sheffieldfloodclaimsarchive.shu.ac.uk/claimSummary.cfm?claim=1-921 Jonathan Wilson, wheelwright, Blonk Street, Sheffield. https://sheffieldfloodclaimsarchive.shu.ac.uk/claimSummary.cfm?claim=5-4652 1870's Wire Mill had been built although the head and fall of the wheel was still entered in the Rate book of 1871, James Cocker still using water power, confirmed in the 1874 & 1895 lists. B. Huntsman, Wicker Forge, Lady's Bridge. y13250 Image from Illustrated Guide to Sheffield by Pawson and Brailsford, p.133, 1889. O. S Map 1890, including Naylor, Vickers and Co., Millsands Steelworks, Exchange Brewery, Wicker Tilt, etc., Lady's Bridge https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;y06791&pos=11&action=zoom&id=59986 1895. Vickers are recorded drawing wire using a low breast wheel. The tilts tenanted by Huntsman had no head and fall recorded; indicating steam in use. Confirmed by recording an ancient and obsolete wheel. Water was taken from the Weir at Lady's Bridge. The Tilt and Wheel sites have been built over. Lady's Bridge and Wicker Tilt (Huntsman's Forge), No. 2, Wicker, before 1901, occupied by Benjamin Huntsman, owned by Ward, Blonk and Co. steel tilters and forgers. It was demolished in 1901. s07493 River Don from Lady's Bridge, No 2, Wicker, Wicker Tilt also known as Huntsman's Forge, occupied by Benjamin Huntsman and previously by Blonk and Co., foreground, left. Blonk Street Bridge in near distance, Tower Grinding Wheel in background. 1896. s12220 s12219 Building construction at the side of the River Don between Lady's Bridge and Blonk Street This building was occupied by Hancock and Lant from the 1950s. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;s10087&pos=5&action=zoom&id=13247 https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;s10088&pos=6&action=zoom&id=13248 Previously occupied by Wicker Tilt, Royal Exchange Buildings, Lady's Bridge from Castlegate, erected around 1900 comprising shops, stables and housing. 4th April 1989s24239 Section of 1890 O.S map showing Exchange Brewery, Lady's Bridge Bewery, Bridge Inn, Bull and Mouth Public House, Wicker Tilt. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;y06790&pos=217&action=zoom&id=59987 Is the structure in front of Lady's Bridge the sluices? https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;v00968&pos=246&action=zoom&id=42757 Remains of a Crucible Stack Furnace, IQuater Apartments and Retail Development, Blonk Street. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;u05789&pos=34&action=zoom&id=41178 https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;u05790&pos=35&action=zoom&id=41179 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ponytail Posted February 15 Author Share Posted February 15 Lady's Bridge, Wicker, Tower Grinding Wheel in background. No 2, Wicker, Wicker Tilt also known as Huntsman's Forge, occupied by Benjamin Huntsman, Tilter, and Wards, Blonk and Co., left s07501 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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