A rare example, practically complete, of a water powered grinding wheel which was used for the production of table and pocket knives. The weirs and mill pond are still extent and the water wheel is operational. The earliest possible reference to the wheel was made in a will of 1566. The first definite reference was in 1584. The wheel took its name from an 18th century leasee, Edward Shepherd. The ownership of the wheel was transferred to Sheffield Corporation in the late 19th century. It is open to the public on select days and is maintained by the Sheffield Industrial Museums Trust. Invisible legibility of earlier landscapes.