Really interesting to look at this old map. What date? Is it on but Ive missed it.
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[QUOTE=wrinkly;39604572]Brilliant link thanks Howdy.
I love that there is a Google earth image hidden underneath the map and that you can change the transparency of the map to reveal what is there now - great stuff.
I note that there is Millmoor Lane on the map, and Millmoor Cottage and Millmoor Brass Works, but no football ground.
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I assume 'the Foundry Iron and Brass' on Don Street is Guest and Chrimes.
Fascinating. Looked at where I grew up in the 60s (Monkwood, Rawmarsh) and in the woods where we used to play there were a few areas that had obviously been buildings many, many years before but all that was left was the odd piece of hardstanding and some of the stone that hadn't been hauled away by the locals to build their rockeries. On that map they are identified as Chemical Cottages, I wonder why? Close to a stream so maybe an indication of some long gone 'works'.
Thanks for that Brin. Ive been trying to get to the Museum for a while now, they hold archive for the York & Lancs Regiment of which my dad served with in WW2 . His CO kept a diary of some of the engagements they were involved in ( North Africa & Italy) . They don't lend the book out but Ive been invited to read the book on the premises, when they do open again !
Howdy, great map. Looking up where I was born, up Tenter St you go over 'Robin Hoods bridge' never knew they called it that. Immediately to the right after the bridge is Hartley Lane. The map is showing 5 dwellings so must assume more were added later as I was born in number 14.
They were actually Railway houses as my late Father was a signalman at Masbrough and our family rented one. We eventually had to move as all the houses faced subsidence and were starting to slip down the embankment.
Chemical cottages were in birchwood cam, the white family who lived and worked there produced charcoal and wood-naptha for several sheffield firms, i walk round that area with my dogs you can still identify the gardens around the cottages by the remaining stone walls.