Zen Grain

Establishing a timeline:

First, we have working dates and locations by several Sheffield directory listings ¹:

Horn, William (, Ibbotson & Co. steel file, saw, edge tool, scythe, fender & cutlery manufac).
Residing at 18 Bridge Street and Wisewood; h. Pitsmoor, in 1833.
Recorded in: Whites History & Directory of Sheffield – 1833.

Horn, Wm. Ibbotson (, mert. & mfr.).
Residing at Wisewood house, Pye Bank, works Bridge st., in 1841.
Recorded in: Henry & Thos. Rodgers Sheff & Roth Directory – 1841.

Horn, William of Pye Bank, West Grove, Sheffield Brightside. Aged 30 years. (From 1841 Census ²)

Horn, William Ibbotson & Co (, iron agents).
Residing at 18 Bridge Street, Sheffield in 1846.
Recorded in: Slaters 1846 Directory, Sheffield.

Horn, William Ibbotson & Co (, Merchant(s), factor(s) and manufacturer(s)).
Residing at Bridge Street and Wisewood Works, Sheffield in 1846.
Recorded in: Slaters 1846 Directory, Sheffield.

Horn, William Ibbotson & Co. (, Edge tool maker(s)).
Residing at 65 Bridge Street & Wisewood Works, Sheffield in 1846.
Recorded in: Slaters 1846 Directory, Sheffield.

Horn, William Ibbotson & Co. (, Fender Manufacturer(s)).
Residing at Bridge Street and Wisewood Works, Sheffield in 1846.
Recorded in: Slaters 1846 Directory, Sheffield.

Horn, William Ibbotson & Co. (, File Manufacturer(s)).
Residing at 65 Bridge Street & Wisewood Works, Sheffield in 1846.
Recorded in: Slaters 1846 Directory, Sheffield.

Horn, W. I. (, merct.).
Residing at Carwood, Grimesthorpe Road, in 1871.
Recorded in: White’s Sheffield & Dist. directory 1871.

Horn, William I.& Co (, Tilters & Rollers).
Residing at Wisewood Iron & Steel Works, Wadsley, in 1871.
Recorded in: Whites Sheffield & District Directory – 1871.

Next, we have his burial record ³:

HORN, William Ibbotson (Cutlery Merchant, age 65).
Died at Grimesthorpe Road; Buried on January 10, 1873 in Consecrated ground;
Grave Number 2, Section D3 of Burngreave Cemetery, Sheffield.
Plot Owner: W. I. Horn’s Executor of Grimesthorpe Road.

This is the ‘Estate Notice’: ⁴

WILLIAM IBBOTSON HORN, Deceased. Pursuant to an Act of Parliament passed in the 22nd and 23rd years of the reign of Her present Majesty, Queen Victoria, entitled ” An Act to further amend the Law of Property, and to relieve Trustees.” NOTICE is hereby given, that all creditors and other persons having any claim or demand upon or against the estate of William Ibbotson Horn, late of Bridge-street and Carrwood, Sheffield, in the county of York, File and Steel Manufacturer, deceased (who died on the 3rd day of January, 1873, and whose will was proved in the Principal Registry of Her Majesty’s Court of Probate, on the 8th day of February, 1873. by Peter Hardy, Edward Firth, and James Anatey (Anstey, Ansley?) Wild, the executors named in the said will), are hereby required to send in the particulars of their claims and demands to the said executors, at the office of the undersigned, Messrs. Wild, Barber, and Browne, 10.}, Ironmonger-lane, Cheapside, in the city of London, E.C., on or before the 24th day of June next, after which day the assets of the said W. I. Horn will be distributed among the parties entitled thereto, regard being had only to those claims and demands of which the said executors shall have had notice; and that the said executors will not be liable for the assets of the deceased, or any part thereof, to any person whose claim or demand they shall not then have had notice. —Dated this 19th day of May, 1873.

Biographical Sketch

I was able to find out a bit of Horn’s early life. He was born to Joseph and Mary Horn in 1808 ⁵. The birth year perfectly matches his burial record shown above. I also believe this is the J. Horn and Mary Ibbotson named in this Greaves family tree. ⁶ If so William Horn would be related to the families of several other prominent Sheffield tool makers.

If he was part of that family, it also shows his father as having remarried, but no explanation of when or why is given. I’m reaching a little, but an 1820 record shows a Joseph Horn, widowed, marrying a Martha Lomas ⁷. If this record applies, it explains how William could have ended up back in the Sheffield area with his mother’s family. It is very probable he had an older brother, Joseph Holland Horn, born 1801 ⁸.

I have been able to find little about his middle life, save for the directory entries and the flood documents covered later. One of the few things I could find show him as an executor to a local estate:

…the estate of Benjamin Siddon, late of Wisewood,
in the parish of Ecclesfield, in the county of York, Boot and
Shoe Maker, deceased (who died on the 6th day of November,
1865), probate of whose will was granted by the
District Registry at Wakefield attached to Her Majesty’s
Court of Probate, on the 24th day of January, 1866. to
“William Ibbotson Horn, James Siddons, and Mark Thomas
Hubie (the executors therein named)

A bit more of his character comes out in a rather unusual place, a Christmas Poem:

CHRISTMAS REMEMBRANCES.*

“Eheu fugaces, Postume, Postume Labuntur anni.”-Horace.

‘Heu fugaces! how they fly,

How the whirling years go by!

Christmas days succeed so fast,

We can scarce recall the past,

Or remember how we spent

Each one as it came and went;

Who the dear companions were

Sitting by us year by year,

As we gather’d round the board

Laden with its festive hoard,

And together quaff’d the wine

In the days of “auld lang syne.”

Now as Christmas comes again,

And amid the hosts of slain,

We are spared another year,

To participate its cheer,-

*The Sheffield worthies alluded to in these Remembrances, who had passed away during this year, were John Holland, the well-known Poet; William Lockwood, Chairman of the Sheffield Gas Company, and of the Sheffield and Rotherham Bank, and noted fisherman; William Ibbotson Horn, an opulent bachelor, who left about £20,000 of legacies to the public charities; Sounes, Principal of the School of Art; Miss Harrison, the church philanthropist; the Rev. W. Mercer, Incumbent of St. George’s, and compiler of Mercer’s Hymn Book; Dr. Sale, Vicar of Sheffield and Canon of York; and Mrs. Alfred Gatty, editor of ” Aunt Judy’s Magazine.”

The important part is in the footnote, where Horn is described as an opulent bachelor and leaving quite a fortune to charities. Converted to today’s money that is ~1,900,000 GBP or ~$3,050,000 US. Apparently he was doing pretty well.

Business/Locations

Fully tracking down mid-1800s business interactions is difficult. I was expecting to have little else to go on but the index records already mentioned. Luckily (for me, the researcher) Horn’s businesses were in operation during the Great Sheffield Flood. Anyone whom wishes to do research on Sheffield manufacturing must pour through the wonderful documents in the Sheffield Flood Claims Archive. The flood occurred in spring 1864, really the heyday of Sheffield toolmakers. The flood was caused by an engineering oversight during the construction of a dam and the builders were found liable. Therefore everyone affected had to put in detailed claims for damage and replacement of property as well as lost productivity. This led to very detailed descriptions of each factory and rough number of employees. Cross referencing the different claims, locations and claimants reveals complex relationships in the Sheffield manufacturing community.

This is the primary claim which details the Work’s inventory. I will explain later the different locations mentioned here, but please note that the Wisewood Works and Bridge Street (works) are geographically distant from one another.
Click for details of Wisewood Works & Bridge Steel Works Claim

No. of Claim	Name of Claimant	Description of Claimant	Address of Claimant
5428	William Ibbotson Horn	Merchant and Manufacturer	Bridge Street, Sheffield

Nature of Claimant’s Interest		Particulars of Claim		Amount of Damages Claimed
Lessee and Occupier of Wisewood Works and Land and Business Adjoining; Owner of Bridge Steel Works, Bridge Street, Sheffield; Owner of the personal property in the next ~ column Mentioned to have been damaged or destroyed		Estimated Cost of rebuilding and restoring the Wisewood Works and of restoring and putting into Working order the Machinery Thereof as per Schedule adjoining.
		Rod and Sheet Mill.
		Rebuilding Rod and Sheet Mill, 1 Pentrough for Water Wheel with shuttle. Shuttle Pole and Lever. 2 Breast Shuttles in Pentrough. Water Wheel repairing. Forbear with iron grate Bars and Nails. 1 Pinion for Steel Roll. 2 Pinion Taps. 4 Bolts. 4 Chocks. 6 Brasses. 4 Stretching Bolts for housings. Wood Sills for Rolls and Pinions. Ashlar Wall for same, 2 Bed Plates, 2 Cramps for Pillars, 2 Large Spanners for Sheet rolls. 4 Small Spanners. 1 Loft Bole for Sheets. 3 Brass Pillar Boxes. 5 Spindles. 9 Coupling Boxes. 1 Pair Crabs. 1 Sheet Furnace with Metal Plate. Grate Bars, Damper, and Iron Work for Chimney. Labour in fitting up Machinery and Ashlar foundation included.		£811	8s	10d
		Rod Mill.
		Replacing 1 Furnace with Metal Plates. Grate Bars Damper etc. as above. 1 Pinion Housing. 6 housing Screws. 6 Spanners for housings. 12 Front and Back plates for housings. Water piping for Roll Necks with taps etc. Floorplates. Fitting pinion housing and roll plates.		£187	4s
		Scythe Back Mill.
		Rebuilding Mill. 1 Furnace with Metal plates, Grate Bars, Damper etc. as above. Shafts and Coupling Boxes.		£368
		Smiths Shop.		£20
		Tilt.
		Rebuilding Tilt. 2 Steel houses. Water house and Helve House. 1 Tilt Hearth. 1 Pentrough with Shuttle. Lever and Pole. 2 Breast Shuttles. Forbear with Iron Grate. 1 Pair New Blowers Complete. 1 Metal drum to drive Complete. Water Wheel and Machinery.		£808	16s	6d
		2 Breast Shutters top of dam and Bye Shuttle. Iron Forge and Office. Estimate for Rebuilding.		£273
		Top Forge
		Rebuilding Forge, 2 Forge hearths repairing Pentrough. 1 New Shuttle Lever and Pole. 2 Breast Shuttles in Pentrough. Pentrough Blowers and Conducting pipe to Water Wheel. 1 Bearer and Pillar. Blower Cleaning and Repairing. 1 Pair Shuttles and pinions. 2 Shuttles for Weir and Metal Plates. Screws and Wheels. Handles etc. Forge Fire and floorplates and Bye Shuttle.		£889	7s
		Grinding Wheel.
		Rebuilding Wheel. 1 Pentrough with Shuttle Lever and Pole. 2 Breast Shuttles to do. Forbear for Forge and Wheel. 2 Gig drums Repairing. 51 feet of 3 Inch Shafting. 6 Pedestals and Brasses. 6 Bed Plates. 9 drums. Drums Covering. Bolts and Wood Sills. Drum Boarding. 4 Saw Grinders troughs. Oak planking for troughs. 8 Trough Bars. Brick Work for troughs. 4 File troughs and Wood Sills. 8 Trough Bars. 8 Gains. 16 Bolts. Sill Boarding. Scantling for Hand Rail. 3 Leather Bands. Fitting and putting to Work.		£573	7s
		Glass Wheel.
		Drums and Shafting Repairing		£10
		One Weir with Ashlar Work. One Forge and Grinding Wheel dam. Making and Cleaning out Forge and Grinding Wheel dam. One tilt and Rolling Mill dam as above. Tail Goit and Bye Dyke Cleaning out.		£1345	11s	2d
		Estimated Cost of restoring the River Loxley, to its proper channel, in its entire course along the Wise Wood Works and Land held Herewith. Cleaning bed. Making necessary embankments. Walling etc.		£1600
		Estimated Cost of Reclaiming 6 Acres of cultivated Land, adjoining Wise Wood Works Washed away etc.		£450
		Estimated cost of rebuilding 5 Cottages, at Malin Bridge occupied with the said Works and reclaiming Land.		£375
		Estimated Cost of Replacing Rolls. Pinions. Grate Bars. Coupling Boxes. Screws. Spindles. Anvils. Pellets. Hammer Heads and Hammers. Hursts. Hooks. Tups. Helves. Cogs and Shocks. Tongs. Models. Moulds. Marks. Iron Steel and Wood Wedges. Boxes and Side Boards. Screws and Plates. Pulleys. Housings. Spanners. Gablocks. Glaziers. Bands. Grindstones. Blast pipes. Tue Irons. Bolts and other Miscellaneous Articles and tools used in the tilt Rolling Mill Forge and Grinding Wheel at Wisewood Washed away or damaged by the Inundation.		£1000
		Steel at Wisewood Works washed away or damaged.		£200
		Loss of Rent.		£290
		Payments to Book Keeper Forgeman Tilters Rollers and Grinders thrown out of employment by reason of the Inundation at Wisewood Works.		£120
		Loss and Injury to trade, and trade connexions, and profits, at Wisewood and cost of maintaining an unproductive establishment.		£1300
		Cost of Cleansing and restoring Bridge Street Works and Soughs		£60
		Oil and Tallow carried away or damaged by the flood Bridge Street.		£25
		Restoring of Hardening and Converting Furnaces Bridge Street.		£25
		Drug and Cart Cover carried away by the flood Bridge Street.		£12
		House Furniture damaged or destroyed Bridge Street.		£9
		Damage done to Stock in trade Bridge Street		£20
		Loss caused by the Stoppage of Bridge Street Works during the Cleaning, and payment to Men		£50
		Valuers Charge for Estimate, of damage done, to Wise Wood Works		£26	3s
				£10848	17s	6d
Certificate Granted 13 July 1865		Assessed by Agreement incl costs at		£8750
		Assessed by Agreement at £8750.0.0 including £50 for Costs

The next claim is for damages to the Union Grinding Wheel a facility for all sorts of grinding, a few hundred yards away from the Bridge Street works.
Click for details of Union Grinding Wheel Claim

No. of Claim	Name of Claimant	Description of Claimant	Address of Claimant
3868	John Booth, Alfred Beckett, Robert Cocking, John S. Charlton, Sydney Jessop, William Ibbotson Horne, Thomas Smith, William Hardcastle, Knowlton Wilson, John Wragg, William Stratford, Joseph Jackson, John Haslam, Joseph H. Dixon	John Booth, Gentleman Alfred Beckett, Saw Manufacturer Robert Cocking, Cabinet Maker John S. Charlton, Silver Smith Sydney Jessop, Steel Merchant William Ibbotson Horne, Merchant Thomas Smith, Assistant Overseer William Hardcastle, Clerk Knowlton Wilson, Surgeon John Wragg, Grinder William Stratford, Silver Plater Joseph Jackson, Grinder John Haslam, Merchant Joseph H. Dixon, Silver Refiner	130 Barker Pool at the Office of T. J. Cocking

Nature of Claimant’s Interest		Particulars of Claim		Amount of Damages Claimed
Trustees of the Union Grinding Wheel		Money paid by Thomas Bray for Wages for Cleaning at the Union Grinding Wheel
	[Allowance]	[Workers Name]	[Wage]
	£0.0.7	Thomas Hemmings	£0.7.0
		Joseph Moor	£0.4.0
		John Dyson	£0.4.0
		George Tyas	£0.4.0
		John Moor	£0.4.0
		Padock	£0.4.0
	£0.0.4	Hibbert	£0.4.0
	£0.0.6	Dyson	£0.6.0
	£0.0.5	Braithwaite	£0.5.0
	£0.0.7	Hurst	£0.7.0
	£0.0.2	Issac Booth	£0.2.0
	£0.0.11	Bradshaw	£0.11.0
	£0.0.11	Jackson	£0.11.0
	£0.0.3	Braithwaite	£0.3.0
	£0.0.11	James Hall	£0.11.0
	£0.0.8	Eli Ellis	£0.8.0
	£0.0.4	George Skinner	£0.4.0
	£0.0.7	John Moor	£0.7.0
	£0.1.0	Enoch Smith	£0.12.0
	£0.1.0	Alfred Wilson	£0.12.0
	£0.0.10	Thomas Shaw	£0.10.0
	[Sub total] £0.10.0		[Sub total] £7.0.0
	£0.0.1	Robert Clack	£0.1.0
	£0.0.3	Joseph Smith	£0.3.0
	£0.0.10	Joseph Downing	£0.10.0
	£0.0.6	John Wood	£0.6.0
	£0.0.4	George Haywood	£0.4.0
	£0.0.7	William Wallace	£0.7.0
	£0.0.7	John Wright	£0.7.0
	£0.0.5	Henry Longden	£0.5.0
	£0.0.4	William Bisby	£0.4.0
	£0.0.1	Samuel Wright	£0.1.0
	£0.1.4	Hilder Pigott	£0.4.0
	£0.0.4	Samuel Tyas	£0.16.0
	£0.1.11	George Tyas	£0.4.0
	£0.1.11	George Colley 5¾	£1.3.0
	£0.1.10	John Pryor	£1.2.0
	£0.0.8	Richard Wate	£1.3.0
	£0.1.6	Joseph Smith	£0.8.0
	£0.1.4	John Pigott	£0.18.0
	£0.0.4	Joseph Bray	£0.16.0
	£0.2.6	Thomas Bray	£1.10.0
		William Harper	£0.2.0
		Wages £10.14.0 Allowance £0.17.8 [+] Wages £7.0.0 Allowance £0.10.0		£19	1s	8d
		As per Coal Ticket			16s	9½d
		1864 March 23. Settled by Thomas Bray 57 Pearl Street, Sheffield, April 2 1864 Debtor To John Bradley Mason and Builder for Repairing damage done by the late Flood
		From Monday March 14th to Saturday the 19th Cleaning Pettys dressing Bricks and building Stone Wall by River Side
		To 6 days Work by Mason	@ 5/3	£1	11s	6d
		To 6 days Work by Bricklayer	@ 5/3	£1	11s	6d
		To 28 days Work by Labourers	@ 4/.	£5	12s
		To 9 Load of Rubble Stone	@ 1/.		9s
		To 6 Ton 16 Cwt of Mortar and Leading	6/6	£2	4s
		To 1700 Bricks at 2/9 per 100		£2	6s	9d
		To 3½ days for Horse and Cart leading Stone and Bricks at 8/6		£1	9s	9d
		From Monday 21st March to Saturday 26th March building Pettys by Water Side, the same at end of Yard Wall round reservoir. Building other Brick Work fire place etc. Filling Carts and throwing Rubbish in River
		To 6 days Work by Mason	@ 5/3	£1	11s	6d
		To 7½ days Work by Bricklayer at 5/6		£3	10s	10d
		To 81 days Work by Labourers at	@ 4/.	£16	4s
		3½ Tons of Mortar and leading at 6/6		£1	2s	9d
		To 4 Yards of Flags at 2/6 per Yard			10s
		From Monday 28th March to Saturday April 2nd Cleaning Rubbish in River, opening Sough blocked up by Rubbish and building Stone Wall to the Cart Road, repairing Chimney Flues
		To 6 days Work by Mason at 5/3		£1	11s	6d
	To 18½ days Work by Labourers at 4/.		£3	14s
	To Cleaning Boiler Flues		£1	15s
	To Grate for Channel			3s
	To ½ ton of Mortar and Leading @ 6/6			3s	3d
	17 Watson’s Walk, Sheffield, April 2/64
	The Union Grinding Wheel Company Bought of Thomas Cocking
1864 March 19	To Mens time repairing damages done by the Inundation replacing Race Boards Drumboards, Partitions, replacing Door etc.	18¼ days at 5/.	£4	11s	3d
	168 feet of 1 inch Pine Boards at 3½d per foot		£2	14s	10d
	32 lbs Nails at 3d			8s
	Oil for Hinges Locks etc.				4d
	1 Strong Lock and 4 Keys			4s	6d
	21 feet of 4½ x 3 inch Scantling at 3d			5s	3d
	21 feet of 3 x 3 inch Scantling at 2d			3s	6d
	3. 10 Inch Stock Locks 2/4 each			7s
	6 Latches 4d each			2s
	6 Catches 3d each			1s	6d
	6 Carry Latches 2d each			1s
	6 Strong Suffolk Handles with Latches Catches and Carry Latches 9d			4s	6d
	1 Strong Lock and 3 Keys			3s
	3 dozen 3 inch Screws @ 5d			1s	3d
	1 gross 1 inch Screws			2s
	8 ft of 3½ x 2½ Scantling at 2½d			1s	8d
	6 ft of ½ inch in deal at 2d			1s
	25 ft 4 x 3 Scantling at 3d			6s	3d
	25 ft 3 x 3 Scantling Best Red @ 2½			5s	2½d
23[rd]	55 ft of 1 inch x 7 Planed and Grooved Boards for partition in Engine House at 1½			6s	10½d
	40. 12 ft x 1 inch Pine Boards for Race Boards 480 feet at 3½d per foot		£7
	24 feet of ½ inch Pine Boards at 2d			4s
	1 Brass Lock for Office			1s	6d
	6 Square Trough Bolts at 8d			4s
27[th]	168 feet of 1 in Pine at 3½d		£2	9s
	2. 10 inch Locks and 2 Keys each 3/4 each			6s	8d
	6 Strong Lock Staples 3d			1s	6d
	6 Strong Door Catches			2s
	2 Locks repairing 1/. Each			2s
	2 Keys fitting to 2 Tumbler Locks 1/6 each			3s
	1 door handle repairing				4d
	1 New Thumb bit				2d
	24 ft of 3½ x 2½ Scantling @ 2½d			5s
	22 ft of 3 x 1 deal @ 1½d			2s	9d
	18. 1½ inch Screws @ 3d				4½d
28[th]	2. 10 inch Stock Locks @ 2/4			4s	8d
	2. Extra Keys fitting to Stock Locks @ 1/6			3s
	17 New Keys fitting to Various Locks, Locks Cleaning and Repairing 1/2 each			19s	10d
	216 feet of 1 inch Pine for Race boards @ 3½		£3	3s
	4 lb Nails @ 3d			1s
	56 feet of 1½ inch pine for Drum Boards 4½d		£1	1s
	84 feet of 1 inch deal for Side Races @ 3d		£1	1s
	84 feet of 1 inch in Pine @ 3½d Race Boards		£1	4s	6d
	Iron Strap to support Wheel Rocks			3s
April 2	To Mens time 10¼ days at 5/.		£2	11s	3d
	72 feet of 1 inch pine for Race Boards 3½d		£1	1s
	36½ feet of 7 x 1 inch Best Red Deal Planed and Grooved for replacing Ash hole door and Battens at 2d			6s	1d
	1 Pair of Strong Band Hinges and 2 Bolts			2s	2d
	1 Catch and Carry Latch				5d
	1 dozen Strong 2 inch Screws				3d
	60. 2½ inch Gate Nails				5d
	6. Spout Irons @ 5d			2s	6d
	1. 9 inch Wood Lock			2s
	24 feet of ¾ x 11 Pine at 2½d			5s
	1 dozen 2½ inch Screws				11d
	1½ lb 2 inch Nails @ 3d				4½d
	Oil				3d
	Settled by Cash	£34.8.0
	dis	£0.0.3
	The Union Grinding Wheel Company To Walker Eaton & Co.
1864 March 31	To Repairing Gudgeon and turning and fitting Gudgeon		£1	4s	3d
	To Men at premises 15 hours 7/.			10s	6d
April 12 to 17	To 4 Men at the premises Gearing Mortice Wheel 332½ hours @ 6/.		£9	13s	6d
	Entered in General Account
	The Union Grinding Wheel To T. Bray
1864 April 12	To ¾ days at 18 ft Wheel at 6/.			4s	6d
13[th]	To 1½ days at 18 ft Wheel at 6/.			9s
14[th]	To 1½ days at 18 ft Wheel at 6/.			9s
15[th]	To 1½ days at 18 ft Wheel at 6/.			9s
16[th]	To 1½ days at 18 ft Wheel at 6/.			9s
17[th]	To 1 day at 18 ft Wheel at 6/.			6s
	To Son 7 days at 3/.		£1	1s
1	George Yates			3s	3d
	George Hague			5s
	John Drabble			6s	6d
2	Thomas Mawhood			8s	1d
	William Hyde			3s	3d
	Edward Green			3s	3d
	Eli Ellis			3s	3d
3	Mary Braithwaite			6s	6d
	Joseph Littlewood			4s	10½d
	Charles Littlewood			4s	10½d
4	Joseph Hoyle			14s	8d
	Caroline Haywood			3s	8d
5	Spencer & Sons		£1	10s
6	Samuel Hibbert			11s
	William Harrison			9s
	Joseph Hoyle			9s	6d
7	Samuel Hirst			8s	1d
8	Sorby & Sons		£1	10s
9	Samuel Bray			6s	6d
9a	William Bradshaw			9s
	Richard Groves & Sons			5s	6d
10	Francis Scaife			8s	1d
	William Morton			6s	6d
	Thomas Ward			3s	3d
11	Thomas Robinson			3s
	George Robinson			3s	3d
	William Kent			3s	3d
	Jarvis Thorpe			3s	3d
	Henry Briggs			6s	6d
12	Joseph Hodgson		£1	5s
13	Frederick Dewsnap			6s	6d
	James Varley			3s	3d
	Aaron Wilson			3s	3d
	Samuel Sharpe			6s	6d
14	Ralph Renshaw			19s	6d
	Jonathan Bragg			9s
15	Jonathan Ward			8s	1d
	Edwin Bower			3s	3d
	John Wragg			6s
16	William Outram			11s
	Thomas Eyre			15s
17	Thomas Matkin			7s	9d
18	Alfred Hukin			10s
	Groves & Son			15s
	John Booth			14s
	John Parkin			5s	6d
19	James Pickford			8s	8d
	James Wood			4s
	Thomas Greaves			6s	6d
20	Edward Godley			8s	6d
	James Cooper			4s
	Joseph Parkin			10s
21	Twiton Brothers		£1	10s
22	Samuel Spooner			6s	6d
	Christopher Bray			5s
	William Webster			6s	6d
	Chamber Servants
1	Henry Hall			3s	3d
	Elijah Hall			3s	3d
	Joseph Nicholls			5s
	William Cooke			5s
	Richard Bamforth			3s	3d
2	William Nelson			9s
3	John Green			3s	6d
	John Moor			3s	6d
4	Thomas Bray			6s	6d
5	Joseph Rogers & Son			16s	2d
6	George Hodgson			3s	3d
	James Crapper			3s	3d
	Joel & Spencer			6s
	George Williams			8s
	William Platts			8s	1d
7	Alfred Skinner			11s	3d
	Thomas Walker			3s	3d
8	James Oldfield			3s	3d
	John Grub			4s	6d
	Andrew Badger			3s	3d
9	Thomas Jackson			5s
	George Colly			3s	3d
	John Newton			5s
	John Jackson			3s	3d
10	Charles Eyre			6s	3d
	Benjamin Burgin			3s	3d
	Charles Rollinson			3s	3d
	George Steel			3s	3d
11	Abraham Booth			6s
	Richard Broadhead			3s	3d
12	John Milner			3s	3d
	George Newton			6s
13	Joseph Parrott
	William Platts			8s	1d
14	Charles Hall			6s	6d
15	James Morton			9s
	Jonathan Wells			3s	3d
16	John Hartley			11s
	Joseph Redfern			3s	3d
17	John Parkin			6s	6d
	John Middleton			6s	6d
18	Duckenfield & Dyson			6s	6d
	Charles Hollingworth			3s	3d
	Daniel Gledhill			3s	3d
19	John Wright			6s
20	John Platts			6s	6d
21	Frederick Hemmings			7s	6d
22	Samuel Deakin			6s	6d
23	Samuel Tyas			8s	1d
24	William Holmshaw			8s	1d
	Alfred Nelson			3s	3d
	Samuel Barker			3s	3d
25	William Smith			3s	3d
	John Walker			5s
	John Holmshaw			3s	3d
	Henry Bray			3s	3d
	John Pearson			3s	3d
	Henry Champion			3s	3d
26	Joseph Moor			9s
	William Saddler			6s	6d
	Damages repaired and Valuation of Damages caused by the Flood at rhe Union Grinding Wheel March 12 1864
	Money Paid
1864 March 15	A Barrow			7s
	Coals			17s	3d
	Wages 4 Men 1 day		£1
	A. Nelson, Labourer			6s
19[th]	Bower, Carter, 4 days, removing Rubbish @ 8/.		£1	12s
	Hulme, Carter, 4 days, removing Rubbish @ 8/.		£1	12s
	Waite, Carter 4 days, removing Rubbish @ 8/.		£1	12s
	Raines, Carter 5 days, removing Rubbish @ 8/.		£2
	Vause, Carter, 5 days, removing Rubbish @ 8/.		£2
	Allowance			5s
	Engine Man Assisting and Men		£3	16s
	Jordan, Carter leading		£1	3s
	Nicholls, 2 days labor			7s
	Champion, 2 days labor			7s
	Holmes, Carter labour 4 days at 8/.		£1	12s
	Allowance			3s	4d
26[th]	Raines, Carter removing Rubbish 6 days at 8/.		£2	8s
	Waite, Carter removing Rubbish 6 days at 8/.		£2	8s
	Vause, Carter removing Rubbish 6 days at 8/.		£2	8s
	Money Paid for Labour by Thomas Bray see Bill	19.18.5½
April 8	Bradley, Mason, repairs brick work	45.9.6
	Cocking, Joiner repairing wood work etc.	34.8.3
	Pearson 2 days Labour			7s
	J. Hoyle 4 days Labour			16s
25[th]	Walker Eaton & Co. Men for Cogging See Bill	11.8.3
	Allowance to Men		£1
	Wadsworths Bill		£1	18s
	Wadsworths Bill		£1	5s
	Thomas Brays Bill	3.7.6
	139 Cogs at 1/3 used in the 18 ft Wheel		£8	13s	3d
	Thomas Bray for Cogging			13s	6d
March 12 to 19	For 1 Weeks loss of Rent as per Book See Book	39.17.1
	Cog Wood Washed away 300 ft x 10d		£15
	A lot of Deal Planks and Boards		£6
April 12	1 Weeks loss of Rents on account of the Cogs Stiffening. See Book		£39	17s	1d
	T. J. Cocking for Superintending Repairs		£10
	Valuation
	From No. 1 to No. 22 Hull Containing 83 Drums damaged at 5/. Per Drum		£20	15s
	32 upright bands damaged at 5/. Each		£8
	Rubbish on the River removing as Wheeled out of Grinding Wheel 15 yards x 5 yards x 2 yards = 150 yards at 6d per yard		£3	15s
	Rubbish removing 5 yards x 3 yards x 1 yard = 15 yards, Rubbish removing 9 yards x 3 x 2 = 54 yards = 69 at 6d		£1	14s	6d
	Corner of Brick down 9 yards at 5/. Per yard		£2	5s
	Circular Brick house 7 ft 8 inches diameter 23 feet by 8 feet high 10 inches Wall 20¼ yards at 5/.		£5	1s	3d
	1 Door and Frame to the same 6 feet by 3 feet			13s
	Smiths Shop
	2 Pair of Bellows damaged		£1	10s
	Damage to Smiths Tools		£2
	Boiler House
	3 Boilers damaged		£6
	Culvert from Engine House to Main Sewer 24 yards long 6 feet deep, taking up and putting down at 5/. Per lineal yard		£6
	Flagging over the Boiler relaying 5 yards x 10 yards = 50 yards at 1/. Per yard		£2	10s
	Engine House
	1 Spur Wheel 170 Wood Cogs 16 Inch Broad @ 1/.		£8	10s
	1 Spur Wheel 10 feet Mortice Wheel 152 Wood Cogs 16 Inch at 1/.		£7	12s
	1 Spur Wheel 6 feet Mortice Wheel 66 Wood Cogs 10 Inch broad broken when they had worked a short time		£9	18s
	Sough from Engine House to the River taking up and Cleaning out 24 yards at 3/. Per yard		£3	12s
	George Hawksleys Charge for Valuing		£4	4s
	Interest on £360.2 .2½ at 5 per cent (6 months)		£9
				£369	2s	1½d

I’m planning on consolidating this information and creating a somewhat comprehensive picture of various Sheffield makers.

Now we need to delve into the locations. From the first claim we know of two primary business locations: Wisewood Works and Bridge Street Works.

[map overview of two locations over Sheffield]

As can be seen in the map above, the Wiswood works were located well outside of central Sheffield along the __ river. The works consisted of two Seperate buildings, the Wisewood Forge and Rolling Mills.

The other location

Wisewood works