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Ordnance Survey Map, sheet no. Yorkshire No. 294.7.20

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Ordnance Survey Map, sheet no. Yorkshire No. 294.7.20
Sheffield_City_Centre
1889
1851-1899

This map features:

Top left: Broad Lane, Boden Lane, Newcastle Street, Carr Lane, St. Thomas Street, West John Lane, West John Street, Firth College (Sheffield Technical School), [Wesleyan Day] School on Red Hill; [J. and J. Beal], Red Hill Works (cutlery) on Red Hill; Red Hill Terrace, St. Vincent’s House (Convent of the Sisters of Charity), drinking fountain, [The Plating Co. Ltd.], Electro Plate Works on Wheeldon Street; Hope and Anchor Public House, Woodman Inn, Solly Street, Wheeldon Street, Wheeldon Lane, Siddall Street, [John Baker and Co., manufacturers of table cutlery, pen and pocket knives and scissors], Phoenix Works (cutlery) on Wheeldon Street; [David Flather and Sons, manufacturers of file, saws, edge tools, etc.], Solly Works (edge tools and files) on Solly Street; [Arthur E. Wild and C., cutlery manufacturers], Wheeldon Works (cutlery) on Wheeldon Lane; White Horse Public House, Red Place Square, George and Dragon Public House, [Marsden and Beeton, manufacturers of steel files, etc.], Middlesex Works (steel and files) on Newcastle Street; Rodgers Lane, Newcastle Arms Public House, Florist Inn, and Charlotte Street.

Top right: Broad Lane, Boden Lane, Newcastle Street, Carr Lane, Garden Street, Townhead Street, Bailey Street, Bailey Lane, Rockingham Street, [St James] Sunday School on Bailey Street, [J and Riley Carr, Steel Manufacturers], Bailey Lane Works; [Pinder Brothers, Silver and Electroplate manufacturers], British Works (electro-plate) on Garden Street; [James Oxley] Exchange Works (cutlery) on Garden Street; [St Luke’s Parochial School], School (Boys and Girls) on Garden Street, Ball Inn, Old Fox and Duck Public House, [?Joseph Farr, Spring Knife Manufacturer], Palmerston Works (cutlery) on Garden Street; [John Askham and Son, Cutlery Manufacturers], Broad Lane Works (cutlery); Barrel Public House, Smith’s Square, [? Tempered Spring Co. Ltd., Spring Manufacturers], Swedish Steel and File Works on Rockingham Street; Green Seedling Public House, [John Horton and Co., Manufacturers of Chandeliers], Oxford Brass works on Bailey Street; [? James Neill, Steel Manufacturers], Bailey Street Works (iron) on Bailey Street; Bailey Cutlery Works on Bailey Street; Crystal Palace Public House, [John Kirk, Cutlery Manufacturer], Batavia Works (cutlery) on Townhead Street;  [Townhead Street] Baptist Chapel (General).

Bottom left: St. Thomas Street, West John Lane, West John Street, Firth College (Sheffield Technical School), Badger Lane, Tuscan Tavern, Charlotte Street, Portobello Street, Cabinet and Morocco Works on [St Thomas Lane?]; Holland Street, St. Thomas Lane, [William Hutton and Sons, electro platers], Hutton’s Works (electro-plate) on West Street; [William Turner and Son Ltd., Steel Manufacturers], Caledonia Works (steel, files, tools, etc) on Orange Street; [Samuel Laycock and Sons Ltd.], Portobello Place (hair seating manufactory, etc) on Portobello Street; [Christopher Johnson and Co., Cutlery Manufacturers], Western Works (cutlery) on Portobello Street; Pitt Street, [S. and C. Wardlow, crucible cast steel manufacturer], Portobello Steel Works on Charlotte Street;  [James Cowen, table knife manufacturer], Rock Works (electro-plate) on Charlotte Street / Portobello Lane; George Henry Cowen, razor manufacturers], Clarendon Works (joiners’ tools), on Charlotte Street; Orange Street, Willow Tree Inn, Pitt Lane, Red Deer Inn, Orange Tree Tavern.

Bottom right: Portobello Street, Holland Street, St. Thomas Lane, Bailey Street, Bailey Lane, Rockingham Street, [St James] Sunday School on Bailey Street; Trippet Lane, West Street, Edge Tool Works, Bailey Lane, [Deakin Sons and Co., manufacturers of table, pocket, butchers’ knives, etc], Tiger Works (cutlery) on West Street; West Street Hotel Public House, Barton Vaults Public House, West Bank Lane, Penton Street, Carver Street, Carver Steet Methodist Chapel, Burial ground (disused) on Rockingham Lane, Sunday School on Rockingham Lane, Carver Lane, West Street Lane, Old Britannia Public House, Woodhouse Lane, [Hawksworth Eyre and Co, Ltd., Silver and Electro Plate Manufacturers], Electro Plate Works on Rockingham Street, Sovereign Public House, [? Francis Newton and Sons Limited Manufacturers of table and butchers knives and razors], Portobello Works (cutlery) on Portobello Street; [H and R Waterfall and Barber, Steel, File and Hammer Manufacturers], Prometheus Works (steel and file) on Bailey Lane, Dog and Partridge Public House, Grapes Inn, [William Hartley, Electro-plate and Cutlery manufacturer], Central Works (cutlery handles) on West Street; Saddle Inn, [numerous firms], Columbia Works (cutlery) on West Street; [Robert C. Shirtcliffe and son], Cutlery Handles Manufactory on West Street; Canton Works (cutlery handles) on West Street; Globe Cutlery Works, Carver Street; Sheffield Institute for the Blind on West Street.

 

Additional information from White's General and Commercial Directory of Sheffield, 1896 / Graces Guide.

Surveyed 1889. First edition 1890.

Dimensions 77 x 102 cm.

Scale 10.56 feet : 1 mile [1:500].

Original at Sheffield City Archives.

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