Thomas Broadfield & Sons Boat Builders Sheepcote Lane

[Em1906]

Hi all

I've discovered that one of my ancestors was Thomas Broadfield (born mid-late 1700s). I know from researching him that he owned a boat building company on Sheepcote Lane.

I wonder, does anyone know where this lane was? I found in the Wrightson's Triennal Directory of Birmingham (1818) that he is listed as a boat builder on Sheepcote Lane. I also know that he had the boat dock there from around 1808 and until he died in 1825, when it passed to his wife Sarah and his sons. It was then sold in the early 1830s. I'd love to try and find out where this might have been.

Many thanks

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[mikejee]

In the 1829 Wrightsons , as well as Sarah in Sheepcote Lane, there was also a William Broadfield in King Alfred's Place, not that far away. But this latter road, as can be seen on the 1808 map below (marked in purple), is not next to a canal, so is possibly just offices, with the work done on Sheepcote Lane. Sheepcote Lane is marked in red, and crosses a canal at only one point, so that is presumably where the yard was.

 

[pjmburns]

Aris's Birmingham Gazette Monday June 8th 1812


A similar ad from a couple of days earlier has an additional bit of info

 

[Pedrocut]

In 1829 Thomas Broadfield and Sons underwent a partnership dissolution whereby Thomas Peace Broadfield left and the business carried on by Sarah and William Broadfield.

 

[pjmburns]

In 1829 Thomas Broadfield and Sons underwent a partnership dissolution whereby Thomas Peace Broadfield left and the business carried on by Sarah and William Broadfield.

According to post #1 Thomas died in 1825.

 

[mikejee]

He did, but there must have been a son (or other relative) of the same na,e , as the cuttings of 1825 and 1830 show

 

[mikejee]

The following cuttting shows the yard was next to the New Union Mill. Therefore it must have been where the 1889 map below shows a ferrule works, marked with a purple cross

 

[Pedrocut]

Partnerships dissolved February 1836, S and W Broadfield, boat-builders Birmingham.

 

[clarkstreet]

Hi all

I've discovered that one of my ancestors was Thomas Broadfield (born mid-late 1700s). I know from researching him that he owned a boat building company on Sheepcote Lane.

I wonder, does anyone know where this lane was? I found in the Wrightson's Triennal Directory of Birmingham (1818) that he is listed as a boat builder on Sheepcote Lane. I also know that he had the boat dock there from around 1808 and until he died in 1825, when it passed to his wife Sarah and his sons. It was then sold in the early 1830s. I'd love to try and find out where this might have been.

Many thanks

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Hi all

I've discovered that one of my ancestors was Thomas Broadfield (born mid-late 1700s). I know from researching him that he owned a boat building company on Sheepcote Lane.

I wonder, does anyone know where this lane was? I found in the Wrightson's Triennal Directory of Birmingham (1818) that he is listed as a boat builder on Sheepcote Lane. I also know that he had the boat dock there from around 1808 and until he died in 1825, when it passed to his wife Sarah and his sons. It was then sold in the early 1830s. I'd love to try and find out where this might have been.

Many thanks

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