Miscellaneous Gallery

View over Wincobank and Brightside, Sheffield, Yorkshire, 1940s - 1950s

From (right) Jenkin Road showing (foreground, left of gas lamp) Tipton Street (left) St. Margaret's C.of E. Church, Brightside and (background) English Steel Corporation's River Don Works, Brightside Lane.
From an original at Sheffield Local Studies library: s43500

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Brightside, English Steel Corporation, Gas Lamps, Jenkin Road, Panoramic Views, River Don Works, Sheffield, St Margaret, Steel, Tipton Street, Yorkshire

George Woofinden Convalescent Home, Whiteley Woods

The George Woofinden Convalescent Home, Whiteley Woods was erected by the trustees of George Woofindin. It opened in May 1901 mainly to cater for patients from the Royal Hospital. From 1943 it was used as a Rehabilitation Centre. In 1955 it became Whiteley Woods Hospital and in 1958 the Whiteley Wood Psychiatry Clinic of the United Sheffield Hospitals and Sheffield University.
From an original at Sheffield Libraries: s07458

List of armour in Sheffield castle, 1586

Full title "A note takenn of all my L. Armorre by Mr Whyat wch came from Yor Lp from Aurtoun Lang-feld when Yor Lp Lyed their the xvi th of November 1586 as followethe."
Transcript:
Imprimis a horsse man pece for my L. and a Case of pystoles gylded and Dammaske wth flaske and furnituer for the same, i
Item xxxi Duche pystoles & horseman peeces together, xxxi
Item Inglishe pystoles, xlii and Casses for all pystoles as well the duche as the Inglishe.
Item xiiii flaskes xiiii.
Item xxiiii musketes ... ... ... ... ... ... xxiiii.
Item of Callyvers ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ix.xxix.
Item Complet armorre for my Lo. gilded and another blackgilded for my Lo. boothe for hors and foote ... ... ii.
Item viii Curetts of prove... ... ... ... ... ... viii.
Item Ixvi Corslets for footte menn ... ... ... ... Ixvi.
Item armores for horse men ... ... ... ... ... xlii.Item almann Revett, iii.xx.ix
Item morryans ... ... ... ... ... ... ... viii.xxix.
Item Scules and head peecis ... ... ... ... ... v.xxx.
Item pickes and heads, xi.xx.iiii
Item a target and a fawchen ... ... ... ... ... ii.
Item ii Ladles and ii spudles for gret ordinans ... ... ... iiii.
Item xx flaskes and xx Tuch boxes for muskets
Item flaskes & tuche boxes for collyvers... ... ... ... Ixii.
Item xxi wch are w[i]thout tuche boxes ... ... ... ... xxi.Item partysantes ... ... ... ... ... ... ... xxxvi.Item alberts... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... xxxiii.
Item blacke billes ... ... ... ... ... ... ... xl.Item Jacks and plat coattes ... ... ... ... ... c.
Item harqqabushes of Crocke of Iron xxii & iiii of bras Armorre wch came from Mr. Berkwthes wch was dd to cella(r) fyrst on corslet for a hors man down to the knee wth spoldrens tacis vambracis wth gorget & head pece ... ... ... i.
Item on other black Armore wth tacis vambracis and gorgetand poldrens, i
Item one whyte armorre wth tacis gorget vambracis & poldrens... i.
Item other alman ryvet w[i]th a head peec for a hors man & apear of splents ... ... ... ... ... ... i.Item on p......... iii platted Jackes ... ... ... ... i.
Endorsed: "to pay at the deathe of ye sayd Wm Maude or at the exchange of eny Tennant of ye premises his or their beste beast or goods for a herryett."
From an original at Sheffield Librarries: arc02599

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