Lotusflower Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 Can anyone give any information on the origins and history of the Sportsman Inn on Redmires Road please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lushcannon Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 The land behind was called Redmires camp during World War 1 and it housed the City Batallion.The camp was unused between the two World Wars when it then bacame a P.O.W camp.Not sure when the pub was built. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grappler Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 Can anyone give any information on the origins and history of the Sportsman Inn on Redmires Road please? Why don't you just go to the pub and ask Jill? She is really friendly and the pub has been in her family (on and off) for a while now. Her dad had it a long time ago. I am sure she would be able to give you some help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lotusflower Posted July 19, 2014 Author Share Posted July 19, 2014 Why don't you just go to the pub and ask Jill? She is really friendly and the pub has been in her family (on and off) for a while now. Her dad had it a long time ago. I am sure she would be able to give you some help. I do go to the pub on a fairly regular basis for a resident of Heeley and have spoken to Jill often. She is not sure of the origins. Thanks for the suggestion though! ---------- Post added 19-07-2014 at 13:21 ---------- The land behind was called Redmires camp during World War 1 and it housed the City Batallion.The camp was unused between the two World Wars when it then bacame a P.O.W camp.Not sure when the pub was built. Thanks for that. I do know far more about the camp that existed in the woods at the back than I do about the pub. I was once told by an elderly chap walking his dogs in those woods that the pub was originally a farmhouse and that he had been told that as a child but he also said he wasn't at all sure. I will keep digging. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elmambo Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 There was a racecourse up there, must have some connection to that ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lotusflower Posted July 19, 2014 Author Share Posted July 19, 2014 Information on that here Elmambo. http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/archive/index.php/t-7340.html I will have to visit Sheffield Archives to see if I can find any information on the Sportsman there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HughW Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 Named as the Sportsman on the 1893 OS map at Old Maps The 1850's map on the same side is too small scale to be certain but I think the building is already there, but unlabelled. To me it looks like a farmhouse. Hugh ---------- Post added 19-07-2014 at 19:13 ---------- ..and I should say that it marked as a beerhouse in 1893 (as is the Three Merry Lads) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lotusflower Posted July 19, 2014 Author Share Posted July 19, 2014 Named as the Sportsman on the 1893 OS map at Old Maps The 1850's map on the same side is too small scale to be certain but I think the building is already there, but unlabelled. To me it looks like a farmhouse. Hugh Thanks Hugh. A farmhouse makes a lot of sense given the location. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HughW Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 Looking for earlier references... Sheffield Independent 22 Apr 1882 INFRINGEMENTS OF THE LICENSING ACT.-- ...Henry Swift, landlord of the Sportsman Inn, Redmires road, was charged with having sold intoxicating liquor, and with having kept his house open during prohibited hours, on the night of the 8th inst. -- A fine of £2 and the costs was imposed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lotusflower Posted July 19, 2014 Author Share Posted July 19, 2014 Ye gods! How many other properties were there at that time and what were the police doing in so remote a place after hours? The mind boggles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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