Gin Stables, Stafford Lane (former Gin Stables Lane) and Ingram Road, Park. Late 18th -19th century. Thought to have housed the horses used in connection with the Duke of Norfolk's coal mines, situted lower down the hill
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Title:Gin Stables, Stafford Lane (former Gin Stables Lane) and Ingram Road, Park. Late 18th -19th century. Thought to have housed the horses used in connection with the Duke of Norfolk's coal mines, situted lower down the hill
Location:Sheffield_Park
Date:1959/10
Date Period:1940-1959
Photographer:R E Wilson
Notes:

At the time of photograph, part good, part poor condition. Owned by Duke of Norfolk and occupied by Burnett Hallamshire, Lorry Park, Tudor Wrought Iron Works and several cottages. Area includes a big barn, small barn, large range of stables converted to garages and several occupied cottages. A gin was an engine worked by horses for drawing coal out of a pit. It is an old word for mechanism by which weights are raised by winding.

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