Broomhead Hall was a large English country house that stood in the Ewden valley, to the west of Sheffield, England.[1][2] The hall stood near the hamlet of Wigtwizzle, to the west of Broomhead Reservoir.
History[edit]
The original hall was built by Christopher Wilson in the 16th century. Christopher lead the opposition when the freeholders of Bradfield rebelled against Gilbert Talbot, 7th Earl of Shrewsbury. The hall was rebuilt by Christopher's son of the same name in the mid 17th century, during the reign of Charles I. Christopher was one of a group of men that received fines due to refusing to show for a knightship. He would later go onto receive a captain's commission in the Parliamentary Army during the English Civil War.[3]
Joseph Hunter, the Sheffield antiquarian wrote about John Wilson of Broomhead Hall, great grandson of Christopher. He noted that John was a keen antiquarian himself, and that he had a room used for storing records and paperwork related to families from Hallamshire and Sheffield itself. Joseph Hunter was given access to this paperwork when producing many of his publications.[4][5]
The hall passed down through the Wilson family and eventually into the Rimington family. It was demolished in 1980.[6][7][8] All that remains is a stable block, a listed building, on Mortimer Road.[9]
References[edit]
- ^ Odom, William (1926). Hallamshire Worthies: Characteristics and Work of Notable Sheffield Men and Women ... Northend.
- ^ "Archive | Stocksbridge & District History Society". www.stocksbridgehs.co.uk. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
- ^ The Gentleman's Magazine. F. Jefferies. 1821.
- ^ Hunter, Joseph (1819). Hallamshire. The History and Topography of the Parish of Sheffield in the County of York: With Historical and Descriptive Notices of the Parishes of Ecclesfield, Hansworth, Treeton, and Whiston, and of the Chapelry of Bradfield. author.
- ^ "Chapter XVII, The Writers of Sheffield History". oreald.com. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
- ^ Boyne, William (1869). The Yorkshire Library. A Bibliographical Account of Books on Topography, Tracts of the Seventeenth Century, Biography, Spaws, Geology, Botany, Maps, Views, Portraits, and Miscellaneous Literature, Relating to the County of York. With Collations and Notes on the Books and Authors. Taylor and Company.
- ^ Hall, Thomas Walter (1937). Incunabula of Sheffield History. Northend.
- ^ "Rimingtons of Broomhead Hall". myers. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
- ^ Historic England. "STABLE BLOCK TO BROOMHEAD HALL, INCORPORATING FARMBUILDINGS, Bradfield (1132849)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 11 December 2020.