Editing Malin Bridge (section)

===Burgon & Ball===
Burgon & Ball is an old Sheffield firm which originally made shears, scissors and knives. Its Sheffield origins date back to 1730; they moved to the La Plata Works on Holme Lane in Malin Bridge in 1873. The works were built on the site of a cutlery grinding wheel, which had existed since the 1690s, on land cleared after the 1864 flood. The works stand on the banks of the River Loxley and the river provided much of the power for the works throughout the 1900s. In the latter part of the 19th century the company patented a design for [[Sheep shearing#Shearing devices|hand sheep shears]] and in one year sold over 300,000 pairs of shears. By 1920 the firm was producing more garden shears than sheep shears and it has continued to diversify into garden tools over the years. There is still a market for hand sheep shears and the company is now the only British manufacturer.<ref name="test7">{{cite web |url=http://www.burgonandball.com/about-us.php |title=Tools with a Pedigree |access-date=9 December 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100716190513/http://www.burgonandball.com/about-us.php |archive-date=16 July 2010 }}</ref>
[[File:St. Polycarp's, Malin Bridge.jpg|thumb|right|250px|St Polycarp's church]]