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Map of the Rivelin Valley Estate, 1934

Taken from a Report of Special Conference regarding the Development of the Rivelin Valley, Sheffield City Council, Sep 1934.Rivelin Mill, Rivelin Valley Road, Rivelin Hotel, St Michael's RC Cemetery, The Hagg, Roscoe Wheel, Hollins Bridge Mill, Holly Bush Inn, Walkley Bank Tilt, Walkley Bank Plantation, Mousehole Forge, Holme Head Wheel.E Partington, Estates Surveyor.Original at Sheffield Local Studies Library: MP 117 M

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Rolling mill at Ibbotson Brothers and Company Limited, manufacturers of steel, saws, files, springs, bolts and nuts, Globe Works, Penistone Road, 1929

Original at Sheffield City Archives ref. LD1145/3/2 (altrefno LD1155/6)Ibbotson Brothers and Company Limited was founded by William Ibbotson in Bridge Street, Sheffield in 1809. In 1821, then known as Ibbotson and Roebuck, it was at Bower Spring and by 1825 it was established at The Globe Works in Penistone Road.In a directory of 1828 it is listed as Ibbotson Brothers, steel converters and refiners, merchants, and manufacturers of stove grates, fenders, saws, files, scythes, edge tools etc. In 1846 the Ibbotsons were bankrupt but William Ibbotson re-established the Globe Works at Cross Smithfield and by 1862 the works were at Russell Street (later named Alma Street) where they flourished.In 1939 the firm was taken over by Jonas Woodhead and Sons Limited of Leeds but the name was preserved until 1971 when the whole of the Globe Steel Works became merged in Woodhead Components Limited

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Ordnance Survey Map, Lyons Street / Carlisle Street area, Sheffield, 1889

This map features:
Top left: Jamaica Street, Kingston Street, Petre Street, Edgar Street, Thorndon Road (marked in pencil), Earsham Street, Lyons Street, Carwood Lane Brick and Stone Works, Kiln, Old Clay Pit, Clay Pit.
Top right: Lyons Street, Carwood Lane, Old Clay Pit, Carwood Hotel Public House, [John Brown and Co. Ltd] Atlas Steel and Iron Works, Carlisle Street East, Kenninghall Street.
Bottom left: Edgar Street, Harleston Street, [?Moorwoods Ltd] Harleston Works, Atlas Street, Royal Rifle Corps Hotel Public House, Forncett Street, Carlisle Street East, [John Brown and Co. Ltd] Atlas Steel and Iron Works, Maritime Works.
Bottom right: Forncett Street, Carlisle Street East, Atlas Steel and Iron Works, Carwood Lane, Carwood Lane Bridge, [Thomas Firth and Sons] Norfolk Steel and Iron Works (West Gun Works), Midland Railway Goods Line.
Dimensions of original: 77 x 102 cm.
Scale 10.56 feet : 1 mile [1:500].
From an original at Sheffield Libraries: q00042 (sheet no. 294.4.19)

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