High Hazels

[RichardB]

http://www.lhi.org.uk/projects_directory/p...rt_history.html

Extract :

Throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, the areas of Darnall and Tinsley were well known across Sheffield for the coal and steel industries. The immediate area around High Hazels Park was mined for coal, iron and stone, which were worked in the adjacent woodlands. Given the industrial nature of the area, High Hazels Park offered a welcome contrast to the surrounding hard landscape and provided local residents with an escape from the built up environment. The Park offered a vital link to the natural world, and was a much-valued place for relaxation, participation in sports and family pursuits for people from all over Sheffield.

In 1850 William Jeffcock (the first Mayor of Sheffield) commissioned High Hazels House, 'to be built regardless of cost'. When finished, the principal rooms were described as being 'splendidly decorated and of noble proportions'. There were numerous bedrooms, stabling for twelve horses, and a number of outbuildings. The arches that lead to the main entrance were built of the same stone as the Houses of Parliament. High Hazels House was, and indeed remains, an impressive work of design and architecture.

[ukelele lady]

I remember my mother taking me to the Darnall Easter Parade in High Hazel s Park. Something tells me it began on Devonshire Street then finished at the park

or was it the other way round? All I know is I've got a photograph of myself when photographers use to go around taking your picture for 1/6 like at Blackpool and this was taken on the Parade day at the corner of Devonshire Street.

I was about 7 then so I didn't know much about it, can any one enlighten me. Also what year did it all end?

[huthwaite]

My GGrandfather and his family lived there in the very early 1900's this is a photo of a watercolour painted by my GGrandmother

[DaveH]

I remember my mother taking me to the Darnall Easter Parade in High Hazel s Park. Something tells me it began on Devonshire Street then finished at the park

or was it the other way round? All I know is I've got a photograph of myself when photographers use to go around taking your picture for 1/6 like at Blackpool and this was taken on the Parade day at the corner of Devonshire Street.

I was about 7 then so I didn't know much about it, can any one enlighten me. Also what year did it all end?

The wife's a Darnall lass and knows the area well. I'll try to remember to ask her.

[Guest OLD No.12]

it says the house was a museum in 1901, when they closed it what happend to collectable items

[DaveH]

it says the house was a museum in 1901, when they closed it what happend to collectable items

Probably went o the same place as those in the Blitz museum in Banners, - nobody knows.

[Pc Infield]

I remember my mother taking me to the Darnall Easter Parade in High Hazel s Park. Something tells me it began on Devonshire Street then finished at the park

or was it the other way round? All I know is I've got a photograph of myself when photographers use to go around taking your picture for 1/6 like at Blackpool and this was taken on the Parade day at the corner of Devonshire Street.

I was about 7 then so I didn't know much about it, can any one enlighten me. Also what year did it all end?

The Easter Parade was moved to the summer in the 60's or 70's,and was abandoned some years later.We now have Darnall Carnival in the park on the first Saturday in July.

High Hazels House became the clubhouse for Tinsley Park Golf Club in 1953,but the Charity Commissioners have ruled that it must be shared with the community,so hopefully it will be developed as a much-needed community facility for Darnall.

I'm Chairman of Friends of High Hazels Park. We've recently received a grant to produce a newsletter,so I'd be grateful for any memories people have of the park.If anyone is interested in joining the Friends Group (it's free!) please send me a message.

[jiginc]

The arches that lead to the main entrance were built of the same stone as the Houses of Parliament.

That would be from Anston Quarry then Just off the A57 on the way to Worksop.

[SteveHB]

The arches that lead to the main entrance were built of the same stone as the Houses of Parliament.

That would be from Anston Quarry then Just off the A57 on the way to Worksop.

Nice find jiginc,

would that be Magnesian limestone, from 'Turner's Quarry' at Anston Rotherhamweb

[Pc Infield]

If you go to

http://www.sheffield.gov.uk/out--about/par...igh-hazels-park

you can download a brief history of High Hazels Park.

[jiginc]

Nice find jiginc,

would that be Magnesian limestone, from 'Turner's Quarry' at Anston Rotherhamweb

Sorry my information does not give the actual type of stone. Only that it was selected for it's ability to resist the "blackening and decomposing effects of a London atmosphere"

It was transported from Kiveton Park on the Chesterfield Canal to the river Trent then by sea to London, between 1841 to 1844. A total of approx. 19,200 tons. Time taken from Kiveton Park to London two weeks.

Sourse of information Chesterfield Canal History Nuggets by Christine Richardson.

[SteveHB]

Sorry my information does not give the actual type of stone. Only that it was selected for it's ability to resist the "blackening and decomposing effects of a London atmosphere"

It was transported from Kiveton Park on the Chesterfield Canal to the river Trent then by sea to London, between 1841 to 1844. A total of approx. 19,200 tons. Time taken from Kiveton Park to London two weeks.

Sourse of information Chesterfield Canal History Nuggets by Christine Richardson.

Thank you for your reply jignic,

Kiveton Park would have been the nearest point of access to the Chesterfield Canal

from Anston.

This is a cut from map #322 (1930) showing

Anston Quarry.

[Guest OLD No.12]

some one told me that house old refuse from darnall and attercliffe was tipped there.

[Pc Infield]

My GGrandfather and his family lived there in the very early 1900's this is a photo of a watercolour painted by my GGrandmother

I'm delighted to say that Huthwaite has kindly donated the original painting to Friends of High Hazels Park.

All being well,it should be on display at Darnall Carnival on Saturday June 13th (12 noon-5pm),along with some slides of the house in the late 1960's (including shots of the late lamented boating lake) which she has also given us.

[Guest Falls]

some one told me that house old refuse from darnall and attercliffe was tipped there.

Hi,

I worked at Davy United (1952 - 65). I was told the Darnall works at the bottom of P of W Road was partially built on what had been the Darnall dump. Apparently, the foundations for part of the works had to be taken down much further, through rubbish, than was planned to find good ground.

Certainly when they built the offices inthe mid 1950's, they brought in a specialist contractor (Franki Pile) to sink piles before they could start particularly for the tower block. Of course sinking piles may have also been necessary because the whole office complex was is built over Car brook.

Regards

[Pc Infield]

A public cafe is opening in High Hazels House on Good Friday,April 2nd.

Although the house has been used exclusively by the golf club since 1953,the Charity Commission ruled some time ago that it should be a general-purpose community building,and we hope the cafe is the first step to achieving this.

When we can raise another £2.5m,we'll do a full restoration!

[Ponytail]

On 07/01/2009 at 11:28, Pc Infield said:

If you go to

http://www.sheffield.gov.uk/out--about/par...igh-hazels-park

you can download a brief history of High Hazels Park.

Unable to access link so here goes. 

[SteveHB]

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[Lysanderix]

As a small boy I was taken to High Hazels Park by my Mum. All I can really remember were the fossilised tree trunks…extracted from the coal seam. The house , evidently, didn’t impress but these lumps of coal certainly did.

[tozzin]

I remember this magical park, I was around 9 or ten, myself and my pal always felt safe going there, the lake was a magnet to us. In the summer Pierrot's and other entertainment was performed on the covered open fronted stage and is was enjoyed by a enthusiastic audience. On the approach to the park a house on the left hand side sold candy floss to eager children through the front window in summer, you just cannot beat memories 

Look at it now not a shadow of its former glory, it's a dangerous place to visit on your own.

[Ponytail]

Plan of High Hazels Park 1897.

https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;y09359&pos=58&action=zoom&id=63680

 

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Sheffield Weekly Telegraph 1884

The Towers, High Hazels Park, Darnall. A Middle Class School for Boys.

Former High Hazels House, built 1850s. Bought by City of Sheffield in 1893 and opened as a museum in 1901

High Hazels (Then spelt High Hazles) was situated in over 70 acres and was built in the 1850s by Captain Jeffcock, the first Mayor of Sheffield. It cost around £15,000 using the best materials and workmen.There were numerous bedrooms and enough stables for twelve horses.

 

[SteveHB]

[SteveHB]

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