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Read the information under Reseach on our website which explains how to get started. Begin with what you know.
I think it was a grinding workshop/ works. There are a few references to it in the British Newspaper Archive.
Have you tried Bradfield Historical Society bradfield.history@mypostoffice.co.uk or Bradfield Archives?
English Place-Name Society WRY Vol. 1. p. 200. It takes its name from the surname of the Machon family who owned land in Ecclesall. Cite example of William Machone 1495 in Hunter’s Hallamshire p. 372. Reaney suggests Machon is a variant form of Mason i.e. an occupational surname.
The records are kept at the Green Howards Museum in Richmond. They have a website https://greenhowards.org.uk/
Why not try Sheffield Archives. https://www.sheffield.gov.uk/home/libraries-archives/access-archives-local-studies-library/collections/steel-industry. They hold deposited records from a number of local steel companies.
