boginspro Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 Anyone know where this is please? I thought I knew the area quite well but can't place Hanks Bank . https://picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?action=printdetails&keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;s09666&prevUrl= Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinR Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 It could be Hang Bank Wood. Comparing the OS 1830s-1880s 6" map the wood has encroached on pasture which was continuous with Heeley common. The area is now occupied by Callow Road, round about SK 365 844 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 Hang Bank and Hang Bank Wood, circa 1903 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southside Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 See the modern day location of Hang Wood on this National Library of Scotland Map with the Geo reference spy viewer. https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/spy/#zoom=15.6&lat=53.35559&lon=-1.45289&layers=257&b=1&r=30 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southside Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 On 12/02/2024 at 08:35, SteveHB said: Hang Bank and Hang Bank Wood, circa 1903 Picture Sheffield link: https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?action=printdetails&keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc03980&prevUrl= Fairbanks 1846 plan and survey of an estate at Newfield Green, indicates that Hang Bank Wood had been in the ownership of past Master Cutler Peter Brownhill (1807) and his widow Marianne. Peters father Luke Brownhill a scythsmith at Newfield Green, reputedly paid the highest premium ever received by the Cutler's Company of Sheffield to put Peter through an apprenticeship. John Williams in his 1637 survey of Sheffield Manor with other lands mentions a "pasture abutteth upon Newfield greene North and a common called Hanbanke south" 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southside Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 A couple of Picture Sheffield photographs showing the row of cottages in the ownership of the Brownells, (No 5 on the plan!) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boginspro Posted February 13 Author Share Posted February 13 8 hours ago, southside said: Picture Sheffield link: https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?action=printdetails&keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc03980&prevUrl= Fairbanks 1846 plan and survey of an estate at Newfield Green, indicates that Hang Bank Wood had been in the ownership of past Master Cutler Peter Brownhill (1807) and his widow Marianne. Peters father Luke Brownhill a scythsmith at Newfield Green, reputedly paid the highest premium ever received by the Cutler's Company of Sheffield to put Peter through an apprenticeship. John Williams in his 1637 survey of Sheffield Manor with other lands mentions a "pasture abutteth upon Newfield greene North and a common called Hanbanke south" So back in the 18th Century it's not Hang Bank but Hand Bank or even Hanbanke. https://picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?action=printdetails&keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc03978&prevUrl= Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponytail Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 15 minutes ago, boginspro said: So back in the 18th Century it's not Hang Bank but Hand Bank or even Hanbanke. https://picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?action=printdetails&keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc03978&prevUrl= Could be Locals had there own interpretation of it, or more than likely the photographer missheard it and as they do give us the incorrect info. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boginspro Posted February 13 Author Share Posted February 13 9 minutes ago, Ponytail said: Could be Locals had there own interpretation of it, or more than likely the photographer missheard it and as they do give us the incorrect info. I agree, many names have actually changed by miss-understood pronunciations or even by written word when people spelt words often just as they sounded to themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinR Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 The surveyors often had southern accents. Asking someone with a strong Sheffield accent might well result in transcription errors; it certainly has in other areas of the country. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponytail Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 39 minutes ago, MartinR said: The surveyors often had southern accents. Asking someone with a strong Sheffield accent might well result in transcription errors; it certainly has in other areas of the country. Plus literacy not everyone's strong point. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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