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Portobello Place, Portobello from Mappin Street originally built for Waterhouse, Hodgson and Co., silversmiths and plated manufacturers, later occupied by Samuel Laycock and Son, hairseating manufacturers

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Title:	Portobello Place, Portobello from Mappin Street originally built for Waterhouse, Hodgson and Co., silversmiths and plated manufacturers, later occupied by Samuel Laycock and Son, hairseating manufacturers
Location:	Sheffield_City_Centre
Date Period:	Please select
Photographer:	National Buildings Record
Copyright::	Historic England
Notes:	The factory was the largest and most pretentious ever erected for the manufacture of and Old Sheffield Plate. See: Newspaper Cuttings Relating to Sheffield. Ref: 942 74 Vol 29 page 2 Waterhouse, Hodgson and Co., silversmiths and plated manufacturers (Sheffield Plate) are recorded in Directories until 1845. Samuel Laycock and Son, hair seating manufacturers are recorded in Directories 1849-1928.
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