bathbun Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 Does anyone know the history of this narrow alley off High Street? The buildings look almost Tudor in origin, the way they overhang the lower floors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flanker7 Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 It has a turntable so vehicles could driven in and out forwards. I used to go down and scoot it round with one foot. Its concreted in now but still visible on google maps satellite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillsbro Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 The late Peter Harvey tells us in his book "Street Names of Sheffield" that the name Black Swan Walk is "from the old hotel, the Black Swan, which stood at 5 Fargate up to the 1880s when it was demolished for street widening". Here is a link to a sheffieldhistory.co.uk thread that has some good photos., including one of a circular iron track and some gear work that must be where the turntable was that Flanker7 mentioned. https://www.sheffieldhistory.co.uk/forums/topic/17143-black-swan-walk-in-sheffield-city-centre/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retep Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 More about Black Swan Walk here, https://www.sheffieldhistory.co.uk/forums/topic/17143-black-swan-walk-in-sheffield-city-centre/?tab=comments#comment-143509 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baron99 Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 Looking on YouTube & surprisingly, up popped this little video of a place I must have walked past thousands of times without giving it a second glance. Bottom end of Fargate, Black Swan Walk, which runs parallel to Chapel Walk. https://youtu.be/-15sPFM3Qos Also says there was a pub once down there called the 'White Bear'. Fascinating the history we just walk past everyday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flanker7 Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 It also used to have a metal turntable at the end . There was no room for vehicles to do a 3 point turn . Concreted in now but still visable on 'google maps'. https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Fargate,+Sheffield+City+Centre,+Sheffield/@53.3821617,-1.4679047,25m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x48797878a87317c3:0xe70790a53cca54a7!8m2!3d53.3813702!4d-1.4693343 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFBeca Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 @Baron99 have merged your new thread with this one already here - some info above you might find interesting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baron99 Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 13 minutes ago, SFBeca said: @Baron99 have merged your new thread with this one already here - some info above you might find interesting! Didn't realise there was an existing thread? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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