Owlerton

[Guest altyowl]

Hi,

Wondering if anyone has any information on Owlerton. History of the area and todays uses. Thanks in advance

[Guest tsavo]

Try using the search facility for owlerton. Quite a list to choose from. Good luck and welcome to Sheffield History!

[Bayleaf]

Here goes with the early stuff!

The area known as Owlerton Green/ Bradfield Road and across to the stadium were the centre of Owlerton Manor. Earliest record (1297) gives the Lord of the Manor as Thomas de Schefeld. The next mention is in 1534 when the Manor was owned by William Power and his brother. Later it was leased to Thomas Creswycke, and his son was living in the Hall in 1549. The Hall was probably built around 1534, previous Lords of the Manor having lived elsewhere. It stood at the junction of Penistone road and Bradfield Road. It stayed in the Creswycke family until 1640 when it passed to Robert Stacey,and later to Robert Southaby. Eventually the Hall was converted into tenements, and was finally demolished in May 1931.

Burrowlee House was built in 1711 by Thomas Steade, whose family later built Hillsborough Hall, (now the library),in 1779.

Owlerton Manor and village were the centre of the district, there was never a village of Hillsborough, only a scattering of cottages, until it began to be built up from around 1860.

(From 'Hillsborough by Her People'.)

Oh, and welcome to the Forum!