Wheats Lane, Sheffield
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Wheats Lane, Sheffield
Image: © David Hallam-Jones Taken: 19 Feb 2018
A view, eastwards, from Paradise Square to North Church Street, with a glimpse of the tall former synagogue in the distance. Wheats Lane is thought to be named after John James Wheat of Treeton who established a solicitor’s practice in Paradise Square in 1777. “James”, as he became known, was active in his practice from about 1766 - (having taken it over of William Battie, another active Sheffield solicitor) - to his death in 1805. He was clerk to a number of Sheffield trusts, charities and commissions, the Law Clerk to the Burgesses from March 1766 onwards, and in 1778 he was elected to serve as one of the Burgesses. The Wheat family and practice continued to serve as Law Clerks to the Church Burgesses via John James Wheat (1825-1915) and John Bristow Wheat (1858-1936). The administrative papers of the Burgesses, including the Wheat Collection, are held by the Sheffield Archives and are valuable resources, because of the light that they throw on the city's development.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.383979
Longitude
-1.470006