Further to my previous message about Bramall Lane: One Thomas Brammall purchased or built the White House, a prominent leasehold property of about 1 Œ acres in White House Lane. The White House included the Brammall file factory, reputed to be the largest in the district, the family home and six dwelling houses, a garden and an orchard. The White House is mentioned in Gatty’s History of Sheffield. I don’t know the exact date, but I think Thomas acquired the White House in the 1760s. The Whitehouse file factory in modern times became Arnold Laver’s. The residence was demolished in 1974. The gate lodge housed men from various regiments during the 1914/18 was and later became a bus depot. Whitehouse Lane became Bramall Lane sometime between 1812 and 1816. The family spelt their name Brammall, but the lane is now spelt Bramall. Thomas Brammall’s son Daniel purchased 4 acres of land adjoining the White House in 1803. In 1816 he built Sheaf House on this land, which was approached by a circular drive from the lane, past a two-storey gate lodge. This later became the Sheaf House pub. The garden became for a time ‘Olympia’, a skating rink – it was this which was to become the Bramall Lane cricket and football ground. Claire