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Broomhill Local History Group - background, examples of the talks given and information available, and current programme.
The Broomhill
Local History Group was formed in 1988 to record
and research the history of the "prettiest suburb
in England". As part of this research each house
has been "re-inhabited" from the time it was built
up to 1940. This has been done from census returns,
rate books, directories, electoral rolls and other
miscellaneous sources. Since people living as
lodgers are not usually given in directories, nor
are there entries for working class inhabitants, it
is not a complete record. There is a Iist of more
than 11,500 heads of households, with addresses and
dates as well as additional information on many of
them - that may be of help to you in tracing your
ancestors. We have transcriptions of the 1841,
1851, 1861, 1871, 1881 and 1891 census returns for
Broomhill and also of the St. Mark's baptismal and
marriage registers up to 1939. If you are
interested in the history of a particular house see how we can help on our new website here. Short
History of Broomhill " I thought of the leafy
district of Broomhill on the western heights of
Sheffield, where gabled black stone houses rise
above the ponticums and holly, and private
cast-iron lamp-posts light the gravelled
drives. Greek, Italian, Gothic, they
stand in winding tree-shaded roads, these handsome
mansions of the Victorian industrialists who made
their pile from steel and cutlery in the crowded
mills below. They lived in what is still the
prettiest suburb in England." Extract from:
John Betjeman, Telegraph and Morning Post, July 3
1961 I am not sure
that Betjeman would still describe Broomhill in the
same way with the garish signs in the shopping
centre; to many of us it is still the best place in
Sheffield to live. Betjeman was right in calling it
a suburb, for it was never a village. Most of what is
now Broomhill was used as the Crookesmoor
Racecourse from 1711-1781, the races only being
discontinued when the commons of Ecclesall Bierlow
were enclosed between 1778 and 1789. Part of
Broomhill lay in Nether Hallam, the common land of
which was enclosed in 1791. (The parts lying in
Nether Hallam are from the north side of Whitham
Road to the east side of Crookes Road, and from the
bottom of Endcliffe Crescent, Endcliffe Vale Road,
Endcliffe Avenue, Oakholme Road, Westbourne Road
from below Radio Sheffield and No. 27, Southbourne
Road and the north side of Clarkehouse Road from
the bottom of Southbourne Road to Brocco
Bank.) There were a
few houses within this area, some of them
encroachments on the common land, and a huddle of
cottages to the east of the present Botanical
Gardens, including an inn "The Ball in the Tree",
demolished in 1870. The suburb takes its name from
the house built by William Newbould on land to the
east of Newbould Lane in 1792, to which he gave the
name of "Broomhill", for the simple reason that it
was the first house above Broomhall, and was on a
hill. A few more
large houses with considerable grounds were built
during the next 30 years, but the real beginning of
Broomhill was when the turnpike road to Glossop was
opened in 1821. Terraces as well as bigger houses
followed the road and the first back-to-back houses
were built in Peel Street in 1827. Houses also
crept down from Crookes as far as Hoole Road, this
area being known as Mount Pisgah, a pun on the
biblical reference of Moses viewing the holy land
from there, since all the land that could be seen
to the east was owned by the Holy family. By the
early 1830s Broomhill had five public houses, the
Ball, Broomhill Tavern, Fox & Duck, Southseas,
and the Travellers Inn, and a few shops. Whilst
growth was steady, the 1840s were years of
depression and growth only really resumed in the
1850s when the land above and along Fulwood Road
was developed. Most of the former household names
in the steel and cutlery industry lived or passed
through Broomhill, as did many of the founders of
the stores in town, brewers, solicitors and medical
practitioners. There was always a fairly
substantial population of artisans and small
shopkeepers, to service the bigger houses. The
shopping centre was the best suburban one and
probably reached its peak during the second world
war when several stores and shops that had been
bombed out in the city came to Broomhill, the
foremost being John Walsh, which moved into the
Mount. For me the
attraction of Broomhill is that it grew
haphazardly, with no planned housing estates and
that it still retains a very individual
character. E.
Wilkinson August
2005 LOCAL
HISTORY GROUP PROGRAMME FOR
2005/2006 No meetings have been arranged for 2005-2006. LOCAL HISTORY GROUP PROGRAMME FOR 2004/2005 7 October &endash; Neighbours from Hell, by Nyra Wilson 4 November &endash; The Filer and the Matrix: the Stephensons of Sheffield, by Roy Millington 2 December &endash; Summerfield, by Eva Wilkinson 3 February &endash; History of some Sheffield University Buildings, by Roger Harper 3 March &endash; Botanical Gardens - Evolving Landscape All other meetings will be held in St. Marks Church Lounge at 2.00 p.m. There is charge of £1 for each meeting. October
2003 LOCAL
HISTORY GROUP PROGRAMME FOR
2003/2004 2
October - Revising Pevsner with special
reference to Broomhill, by John Minnis 6
November - Joseph Andrews, Bole Hill Quarry
owner and builder, by Rod Andrews 4
December - Broomhill Variations by Graham
Hague. 5
February - James Montgomery and some other
inhabitants of the Mount, by Nyra Wilson and Eva
Wilkinson 4
March - Laycock, Langley and Senior,
Merchants and Mayors, by Nancy Greenwood All meetings
will be held in St. Marks Church Lounge at 2.00pm.
There is charge of 50p. for each meeting December 2002 Local
History Programme for 2002/2003 (cont) Please note the change in
programme as follows: 6 March - a Tour of the
Botanical Gardens, led by Brenda Houghton,
assembling at 2.00 pm at the main gate of the
Botanical Gardens. September 2002 Local
History Programme for 2002/2003 3 October - "
Nathaniel Philipps, the Academic Minister of Upper
Chapel and Moor Lodge" by Graham Hague and Nyra
Wilson. 7 November -
"The Sheffield High School and Women's Education"
by Ella Jones. 5 December -
"Ashdell and John Shepherd's Estate" by Eva
Wilkinson. 6 February -
"The General Cemetry" by Nancy
Greenwood. 6 March - A
Tour of the Botanical Gardens, led by Brenda
Houghton. All other
meetings at St Mark's Church Lounge at 2.00
pm. The charge
remains 50p for each
meeting.
September 2001 Local History Programme for 2001/2002 11
October - 'From Randmoor to Ranmoor' by Peter
Warr 1
November - 'The Firth Family', by Nyra
Wilson 6
December -'Benson & Burdekin, Solicitors', by
Michael Eliott Meetings will
be held in St Mark's Church Lounge at 2.00 p.m.;
the charge remains 50p. for each
meeting. October
2000 Local History Programme for 2000/2001 5 October 2000
- Crookes Cemetery, by Dianne Gascoyne 1 February 2001
- Charles Marsden, Paper Maker and the Moor Oaks
Estate by Graham Hague Meetings will
be held in St Mark's Church Lounge at 2.00 p.m.;
there is a charge of 50p. for each
meeting. March
2000 If you require
a "House History" please send your name and
address, and if different, that of the house you
are interested in to the Secretary - not forgetting
to enclose £10, cheques made out to St. Mark's
pcc, and a large (A4) stamped and addressed
envelope. If you are not sure whether your house
qualifies for a "House History", please contact the
Secretary. Dec.
1999 Local History Programme for 1999/2000 (cont) Local History
Group Spring 2000 Meetings start on Thursday 3
February with "Water Supply to the Broomhill Area"
by Graham Hague. The last meeting of the current
series is on 2 March, continuing the watery theme
with "More Soldering On Tales" by John Woodhouse.
The meetings are held, as usual, in St. Mark's
Church Lounge at 2.00 p.m. There is a charge of 50p
for each meeting. August
1999 Local History Programme for 1999/2000 The Local
History Group Meetings will start again on
Thursday, 7 October, in St. Mark's Church Lounge at
2.00 p.m. As before there is a charge of 50p for
each meeting. The programme for the autumn meeting
is: March
1999 Once again the
"House History" offer is being repeated. BANG
members are being given priority notice and it is
advisable to act on this offer as soon as possible
to avoid delay - there were some 100 requests last
time round, more being received weeks after the
offer expired. Dec.
1998 Local History Programme for
1999 4 February -
Broomhill School - Past & Present, by Eva
Wilkinson and Pat Berry Sept.
1997 Local History Programme for 1988 2 October -
Broomhill Methodism - Past and Future, by Alan
Cass, Margaret Robinson and Josie Smith Feb.
1997 There will be
one further meeting of the Local History Group on 6
March about "The Potter Family, Silversmiths and
Cutlers", by Anice Hancock. There will be a
Local History Fair in the Town Hall on Saturday, 17
May to commemorate the opening of the Town Hall, by
Queen Victoria a hundred years ago. The Group will
have a stand and as usual we need volunteers to
help man the stand. Nov.
1996 Local History Programme for
remainder of season 1996/97 5 December -
The three Cole Brothers, by Nancy Greenwood Nov.
1995 Local History Programme for remainder of season 1995/96 1 February -
Broomhill Bakers for 60 Years, by John Collins August
1995 Local History Programme for 1995/96 5 October - As
it was in the beginning...a look at the early years
of Broomhill, by Nyra Wilson Nov.
1994 Local History Programme for remainder of season 1994/95 1 December - An
open meeting at which reminiscences can be
exchanged, questions asked and the future of the
group discussed August
1994 Local History Programme for
1994/95 The programme
for the 1995 spring series of meetings has not yet
been finalised. 6 October - A
look at Broomhill in 1893, the year in which
Sheffield became a City, by Eva Wilkinson Feb.
1994 The remaining
two meetings of this season will be held, as usual,
in the Broomhill Library at 2.00 p.m. A booklet based
on the talk "Houses of a Respectable Class", the
development of Southbourne and Westbourne Road in
the 19th century, by Nyra Wilson is now available,
price £1. Nov.
1993 Preserving
Victorian and Edwardian Houses BANG have
acquired another Victorian Society booklet,
Fireplaces. A brief guide to the restoration and
maintenance of Victorian and Edwardian fireplaces.
This booklet and the previous ones on Doors and
Decorative Tiles, may be borrowed by members on
short term loan, from the Secretary. There are also
two books available on loan to members: Putting
back the Style - a Directory of Authentic
Renovation; and Victorian House Style, by Linda
Osband. August
1993 Local History Programme for 1993/1994 7 October -
"Houses of a Respectable Class". The development of
Southbourne and Westbourne Road in the 19th
century, by Nyra Wilson May
1993 Books on
Victorian House Style Victorian
Society pamphlet Number One - Doors August
1992 Local History Programme for
1992/1993 1 October - A
general introduction and display of maps and
material collected to date, by Eva Wilkinson August
1991 Local History Programme for 1991/1992 3 October -
Growing up in Taptonville Road, by Angela
Allott August
1990 Local History Programme for 1990/1991 4 October -
Broomhill 150 years ago, by Eva Wilkinson Instead of the
evening meetings at St. Mark's Church, we are
hoping to start a working group for those who wish
to help with the research needed before we can
publish a Broomhill history, or who wish to prepare
their own research, such as the history of their
house, various Broomhill families, etc. The first
meeting will be held at 7.30 p.m. on Monday, 8
October at 13 Beech Hill Road. Special
offer - a history of your house! The offer is
for existing and demolished houses in the following
roads: Ash Grove,
Ashdell Rd., Ashgate Rd. Beaufort Rd.,
Beech Hill Rd., Broomfield Rd. Caxton Rd.,
Chandos Street, Clarkehouse Rd., College
Street Elmore Rd.,
Endcliffe Avenue, Endcliffe Cresc. Fulwood Rd. to
333 & 276, Glossop Rd. from 359 and
420 Highnam
Crescent Rd., Hoole Rd. Lawson
Rd. Manchester Rd.
to 117 and 18, Marlborough Rd., Melbourne Avenue,
Moor Oaks Rd. Newbould Lane,
Nile Street Oakholme
Rd. Parkers Lane
and Rd., Pisgah House Rd., Peel Street Roslin Rd.,
Rutland Park St. Marks
Cresc., Sale Hill, Severn Rd., Southbourne Rd.,
Spooner Rd. Taptonville
Cresc & Rd. Watson Rd.,
Westbourne Rd., Whitham Rd. ***************************************************** Please send
your name and address and, if different, that of
the house you are interested in to: The Secretary,
Broomhill Local History Group, 13 Beech Hill Rd.,
Sheffield S10 2SA , and enclose £10.00
(cheques made out to St. Mark's pcc) and a large
stamped and addressed envelope. |
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