Chapeltown Road (Formerly Coit Lane) Ecclesfield
Chapeltown Road looking towards Ecclesfield village (right) and Common left) about 1900. Note the road is not 'Metalled' and must have been a mudbath at certain times of the year. Skirt lengths were quite unsuitable when pushing a pram. The road was one of the earliest turnpikes in the Sheffield area. (Sheffield - Barnsley- Wakefield) and dates from 1758. It was turnpiked in 1876. In the middle distance at the end of the boundary wall can be seen a toll-both cottage at which tolls were gathered for the upkeep of the road. The building on the opposite of the road from the toll-bar cottage was for a time a public house called The Plough. In the right middleground, with its chimney is a mill that probably began life as a medieval water-powered corn mill, later became a cotton mill and by 1848 had been converted into a paper mill. The paper mill was destroyed by fire. The mill dam survives behind the present-day Working Men's Club and is stocked with coarse fish. In the left background can be seen the cottages on Mill Lane (formerly Dog Leg Lane). In the right background is the tower of St Mary's Parish Church.
Image Details
| Archiving Reference Number | K/156/a/S |
|---|---|
| Date | 1900 |
| Search Year | 1900 |
| Type | Photograph |
| Photographer/Artist | |
| Publisher | |
| Contributor/s | Bessie Flather |
| Area | |
| Collection Holder | C&HGA |
| Date Donated to the EDA | 1st September 2024 |
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