Tomorrow sees the official launch of the Sheffield Digital Knife archive the most comprehensive resource to look up if your family surname is on a Sheffield Table Knife Blade
I spent three years there as a student in the 1970s. The first year I lived in the castle and could see the cathedral's tower from my bedroom. Roger Whittaker sums up a lot of people's feelings about Durham: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9XcuN5hZwk
It's an unusual name. I wonder if there's a connection to the John Vessey firm https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/File:Im19211203IM-JohnVessey.jpg
that was based on Denby Street, Sheffield 2?