Clement Vernon Bunting (1840-1906) was the son of Abner Bunting – a victualler of Castle Street – and his wife, Sarah.  Clement was trained as a steel forgeman. 

By 1861, he was established as a forgeman at Old Wheel Works, Loxley. In 1881, he was enumerated in the Census at Old Wheel Loxley, as a steel forgeman and manufacturer employing five men and five boys. By 1883, he was owner of Green Wheel on the River Loxley, where he continued to forge and tilt steel (Ball et al, 2nd edn., 2006^*).

In 1901, the Census recorded that he had been blind for three years.  In 1903, he drew up an assignment for his creditors. Clement V. Bunting died at Wisewood on 1 November 1906, aged 66, and was buried at Loxley Chapel. His funeral notice recalled a staunch Comservative, who had been a member of the Steel & Ironmasters’ Association of Sheffield; a Wortley Guardian; and a member of Loxley River Board (Sheffield Daily Telegraph, 7 November 1906).

* Water Power on the Sheffield Rivers, Second (Revised) Edition, 2006, edited by Christine Ball, David Crossley and Neville Flavell