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Description: | Certainly there in the early 1800's. The eight are said to have been identical, with a small attic, cellar with a stone slab table on which home killed pig meat/bacon hung. Square living room, one bedroom, outside toilets (shared). Windows small, comprising of 6" sq. pieces of glass. No bathrooms-used tin baths. Called Sheeps Head Row because the occupants used to poke their heads through bedroom windows when anything unusual happned. One followed another. At the time of demolition, owned by a Mr Simpson of Langsett Avenue, Wadsley. The entire blockis said to have been purchased by a Mr Wilson, at a 1937 sale, at the Beehive Inn, Dykes Hall Road, for just At one time the tenants of the front four cottages paid an extra 3d a week for the privilege of living with doors to the main road. Beyond these cottages was the field where, for many years, was held the Wadsley Tops Feast. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/uk/ |
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01 Sheffield Loxley |
Subjects: | Sheffield | Source: | Sheffield Images | Creator: | Picture Sheffield Administrator | Identifier: | http://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend... | Go to resource |
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