| AdminHistory | Under his will (23 September 1869), Daniel Holy, late of Burnt Stones, Sheffield, then of Newbold, Derbyshire., gentleman, appointed the Town Trustees as devisees in trust of his estate to establish and maintain an institution for the blind - The North of England Manufactory for the Blind. Initially, premises on West Street were used, but new premises in Manchester Road were acquired in 1879. |