Excavations on the Site of the Portobello Cutlery Works and Adjacent Court Housing, Sheffield

Abstract

Abstract Work undertaken on the former site of the Sheffield Assay Office uncovered structural remains relating to the Portobello Cutlery Works which traded from the mid-nineteenth century as Francis Newton and Sons. A neighbouring block of court housing, cleared, along with the factory, in the second quarter of the twentieth century, was also investigated. As a result of this work a wide-ranging body of cartographic, documentary and excavated evidence has helped build a cohesive picture of the cutlery works and the workers housing during their lifespan.