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Twenty years or so earlier Adam provided a description of this scene. "The road, ... following the course of the stream till nearly reaching the Hat Manufactory, almost hidden by the thick wood, where it turns northward, leaving the beautiful and more open Valley of the Derwent, and passes up the narrow but richly wooded mountain brake in which the hamlet of Lea is situated. A little above this is another Manufactory for Hosiery and Merino Spinning, belonging to Mr. Smedley, whose house is close by ; and but a short distance beyond, higher up the Dale, is the "cupola", or Lea Smelting Mills, belonging to Mr. Wass and Son" [2]. In a footnote the Smelting Mills are described as being similar to those in Bonsall Hollow. |
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The above 19th century engraving has been taken from: Smedley, Mrs. (1878/9) "Ladies' Manual of Practical Hydropathy (Not the Cold Water System), 16th ed.", James Blackwood & Co., Lovell's Court, Paternoster Row, London. By the time this edition was published Mr. John Smedley, Mrs. Smedley's husband, had been dead for some years and the business had been taken over by Smedley's Hydropathic Company (Limited) Caroline Anne Smedley wrote in her preface: "After reading many works on hydropathy in conjunction with my husband, I consider that they are written too scientifically for Ladies who have not studied Medical and Anatomical Works, and who are therefore ignorant of the many terms made use of only in such works, and which are not at all necessary to be known by the generalities of our sex in the ordinary duties of life. This little Manual will therefore be entirely free from such terms ... " This book is in the collection of, the information is provided by and images scanned by and © Ann Andrews Intended for personal use only The engraving was also published in Smedley's "Practical Hydropathy" |
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[1] General Commercial
Directory and Topography of the Borough of Sheffield with all
the Towns, Parishes, Villages and Hamlets Within a Circuit of
Twenty Miles, pub. Francis White & Co.
Sheffield (1862). Smedley advertised on p.601 - Smedley John,
merino spinner , and hosiery manufacturer, Lea Mills |
