Forging History

The Story of George Barnsley and Sons toolmakers and the family members who helped forge local and national history. There are few family names that are known to have deep roots in the Sheffield area. Some have given their names to local streets such aas the Bamforths and the Cheswicks.The Barnsley family is undoubtedly an old Sheffield name. There was George Barnsley who rented a wheel at Wadsley Bridge as early as1637. Descendants were to continue to contribute to the life of the City as well as to that of the country through their service and sacrifice in the wars that blighted the end of the nineteenth and much of the twentieth century. This book is their story.