Porter Brook Wheels and Sites of Interest

Brook sections correspond with the 1850 maps.

Many of the monuments and sites of interest are dated after 1850, and all sites will eventually have their own page.

Much of my information on these sites is sparse, so please feel free to enlighten me with further facts or send me links.

Contributions which are included will be acknowledged.

Mayfield Brook

• Fulwood Mills (Corn) (Mayfield Brook) 2 wheels

http://www.portervalley.fsnet.co.uk/Newsletters/Newslet4.DOC

To Bowser Bottom

• Whiteley Wood Works – (Forging) Forge Mills/Dam
• Bowser Bottom, Wire Mills/Dam , Whiteley Wood Dam

http://www.portervalley.fsnet.co.uk/Newsletters/Newslet9.DOC

• Thomas Boulsover Memorial (Erected 1926-7)
• Boulsover Cottage (1754)

To Porter House

• Nether Mill, Leather Wheel, Holme Wheel, Whiteley Woods Bottoms Wheel 1754

http://www.portervalley.fsnet.co.uk/Newsletters/Newslet11.doc

• Porter Bridge
• Shepherd Wheel (Porter Wheel) – (Grinding) 1584

To Ibbotson Wood

• Ibbotson Wheel, (Upper Spur Gear Wheel) 1584
• Trippet Wood
• Ibbotson Wood

To Smith Wood

• Spur Gear Wheel

To Hunter’s Bar

• Endcliffe Hall
• Holmes Wheel
• The Obelisk
• Stepping Stones
• “Mi Amigo” Monument
• A Feeled Guide to Amphibians

http://public-art.shu.ac.uk/sheffield/tho188im.html

• Endcliffe Park Monument
• Endcliffe Wheel – Endcliffe Park (site of)
• Queen Victoria Monument
• Endcliffe Park Lodge
• The Hunter’s Bar

To Stalker Wheel

• Tom Wood
• George Woofindin Almshouses
• St. Augustine’s Church
• Nether Lescar Turning Wheel 1620 (site of)
• Porter Steel Works (site of)
• Heritage Museum
• Sharrow Mills (Snuff) 1700
• Cemetery Lodge
• Ecclesall Mineral Water Works (site of)
• Eagle Foundry
• Stalker Wheel (site of)
• Stalker Walk

To Broomhall

• Pomona Gardens (site of)
• JC Bow Works
• http://public-art.shu.ac.uk/sheffield/john39.html
• Soho Cutlery Works
• Sheaf Brewery
• Hope Steel Works
• Old Albion Brewery
• Broomhall Corn Mills (1) 1600
• Broomhall Corn Mills (2) 1600

To Ponds Lane

• Norris (Site of)

NORRIS, SAMUEL
Sheffield
1795 - 1815 ("Old Sheffield Razors" by Lummus. Antiques, December 1922 p.261-267) (Straight Razor Manufacturer) Samuel Norris Master Cutler 1777

• Vulcan Works (Forge and Rolling Mills)
• Lead Mill Dam (Site of) The Lead Mill or White Lead Works developed out of another grinding wheel, built by George Marriott in 1732-3, which went out of use in the
• 1780s. The White Lead Works had been erected in 1759 and continued in use until the later 19th century, when the works closed, the dam was infilled and the site built over. Redevelopment has recently given archaeologists the opportunity to investigate this site. Below ground evidence for the dam and wheel pits, associated with both the Marriott Wheel and White Lead Works were found to survive, as well as later features relating to pigment production and lead refining at the Lead Works
• Shrewsbury Hospital
• Suffolk Works Archaeological investigation on the site of the former Suffolk Works, for example, which lies just outside the CIQ, has revealed a 12-hole crucible furnace for refining steel and numerous grinding troughs and workshops. The site, which was occupied by Thomas Turner and Sons from 1834 until the 1950s, produced numerous metal finds, allowing the manufacturing process of particular cutlery items to be explored.
• Pond Mill – Corn, Cinderhill Wheel, the New Pond Mill. Cinderhill Wheel is mentioned in rentals as early as 1581. In 1752 there was a change of use from grinding wheel to corn mill, and the site was then known as ‘new Pond Mill’. Unlike other nearby industrial properties, the mill was not sold by the Norfolk estate in the 19th century. However, in 1866 the buildings were demolished, the dam filled and the site redeveloped.

To The Sheaf

• Dam (Site of), Sylvester Wheel. The small grinding wheel, later known as Sylvester Wheel, is first mentioned in early 17th century rentals. The Wheel was sold by the Norfolk estate in the early 19th century and the site was subdivided and sold for redevelopment by 1864. The name ‘Sylvester’ comes from a 17th century tenant – the wheel was later also known as Ellin’s Wheel, after a 19th century owner.

• Bamforth Dam (Site of)
• Harmer Lane Gardens (Site of)
• Sheaf Island (Site of)
• Ponds Dam (Site of)
• Ponds Forge (Site of)
• Sheaf Bridge
• The Corn Exchange (Site of)

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