Anyone know about Longley Hall...?

[Grantham]

Hi GB - how are you?

 

We are not too good on Sheffield geography - but does this mean that the FEARNLEY who is listed as a farmer - with the the address Piper Lane - in the 1833 Trade Directory for Sheffield still lived in the area of Longley Hall.

 

Ta

[Greybeard]

 

In plot 290 is Longley Old People Home.

 

And Longley Farm housing estate ? It's a few years now since I was in the area on foot.

 

From the bridge there was a pleasant walk alongside the dyke and through the woods all the way down to the Barnsley road entrance of the NGH. I can remember cows grazing in plot 290

[Greybeard]

Hi GB - how are you?

 

We are not too good on Sheffield geography - but does this mean that the FEARNLEY who is listed as a farmer - with the the address Piper Lane - in the 1833 Trade Directory for Sheffield still lived in the area of Longley Hall.

 

Ta

 

I would say so. There was a farm called 'Norwood Farm' on the west side of Piper lane between the end of Norwood road and the end of Longley lane, - it would have been just a few minutes walk from Longley Hall.

 

At the end of Longley lane at the junction with Piper lane stood a large house called Norwood Grange and on the opposite side of the junction were the cottages known as 'Piper Houses', which i remember as a couple of shops in the mid 70s - ISTR one was a post office cum newsagent.

[Jabberwocky]

I would say so. There was a farm called 'Norwood Farm' on the west side of Piper lane between the end of Norwood road and the end of Longley lane, - it would have been just a few minutes walk from Longley Hall.

 

At the end of Longley lane at the junction with Piper lane stood a large house called Norwood Grange and on the opposite side of the junction were the cottages known as 'Piper Houses', which i remember as a couple of shops - ISTR one was a post office cum newsagent.

If thats the same place, the shops are still there and owned by my cousin.

As far as I know Dulcie, my cousin still runs the newsagents.

[Grantham]

Hi J and GB,

 

That would mean that the FEARNLEY family appeared in Trade Directories for that particlular area for at least 80 years.

 

Just an observation - not sure if it means anything!

[Jabberwocky]

Im really not sure what Dulcies surname is or maiden name was, Im not even sure if shes related to my mother or father-such is the family I stem from...

Ill email my bro and ask him....

[Jabberwocky]

Just recieved a reply, and Dulcie does own the cottages/shops and i was named after her husband. Ray.

My bro doesnt know their surname though.....I need to search more.

[algy]

Greybeard, I was under the impression that Jabbers was talking about the fire station at the end of the road,which Longley Park is on.(cant remember the name) ?I may be wrong on this. Also I lived on Piper Close, but where is Piper Lane ?

Obviously some confusion about thr fire station. The only one in the area is on Elm Lane, but at the end of Crowder Rd just across the junction from where Longley Hall stood there is an ambulance station that looks similar to a fire station. Could this be what people are thinking of?

[Greybeard]

According to the caption to this photo..

 

http://www.picturesheffield.com/cgi-bin/picturesheffield.pl?_cgifunction=form&_layout=picturesheffield&keyval=sheff.refno=y02135

 

the shops were used as follows in 1950 -

 

Nos. 286, J. Pearson, confectioner; 288, Fredrick Mason, grocer & Norwood Sub-Post Office & 290, Keneth Asher Ltd., butcher. These are the Piper Houses on the map.

 

I assume Piper cottages were demolished when Piper lane was widened into Herries road.

http://www.picturesheffield.com/cgi-bin/picturesheffield.pl?_cgifunction=form&_layout=picturesheffield&keyval=sheff.refno=s18726

 

 

There's also a charming picture of Piper lane as it was in 1910.

http://www.picturesheffield.com/cgi-bin/picturesheffield.pl?_cgifunction=form&_layout=picturesheffield&keyval=sheff.refno=s18725

[never wrong]

Yes it does make interesting reading Jabb, Longley park seemed so big to me back then, I wonder if it's the biggest park in Sheffield, well Millhouses is I suppose now I think anout it.

 

 

just for the record the largest is Graves Park

[Grahame]

And Longley Farm housing estate ? It's a few years now since I was in the area on foot.

 

From the bridge there was a pleasant walk alongside the dyke and through the woods all the way down to the Barnsley road entrance of the NGH. I can remember cows grazing in plot 290

Thats right Greybeard although from the day it was built I have always called it the "Longley Hall Farm Estate" and I don't think I'm on my own in that? People still walk their dogs by the dyke and a pleasant walk it is still, although the enlarged hospital buildings tend to come right up to dyke in places and they have put a high fence along part of it although you can still walk on the Barnsley Road side of the dyke.

 

To think I used to go jogging in the grounds of the hospital, but you couldn't do that now, and I remember when you could drive in at the Firvale entrance which has been sealed off for a long time.

[Grahame]

Obviously some confusion about thr fire station. The only one in the area is on Elm Lane, but at the end of Crowder Rd just across the junction from where Longley Hall stood there is an ambulance station that looks similar to a fire station. Could this be what people are thinking of?

The Longley Hall that Jabbers is interested in was across the road from the ambulance station. I think the fire station was on the site of another old house and this is causing some confusion?