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Tom Cross Lane became ... Arras Street (S9) was previously called ... (think WW1)
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1900 is apparently spot on ... First one is steep indeed , won't get very far in a car; no exit at the top. Houses only on one side (to the best of my memory). The next Street along is steeper still (THE STEEPEST) ! You're about 100 yards from the back of a (closed) Full Monty building. Second one less steep, leads onto third one - again no exit. Only one way in and out (via Road number 1). Built as a part of a kind of private estate. The last two "roads" share a common word, one is a View, one (the last one) isn't a Road, Street, Lane, Avenue - it's just one word (the word common to both). Looking at my details might help, I was born on the first one, lived on the second one then ended up out the top end of the third one - near a very flat Road indeed. Hope this helps.
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Was Harvest Lane Apple Street or Orchard Street?
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Two which though of interest are too subtle to be messing around with : Addey Street became Addy Street April 1915 (S6 district) and Allen's Lane became Allen Street (S3)
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Got there in the end! "Close to Fitzwilliam street I have seen growing as fine a crop of wheat as ever gladdened the heart of a Yorkshire farmer ; and at that time Broomhall street, or 'Black Lamb's lane,' as it was called, was considered rather a dangerous place to go along at night." Think I know the 't' cock tail one as well, but I'll give someone else a shot To throw one in the mix, what is Shaws-Close (Or Oxley-Croft) better known as today?
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Where were the following districts of Sheffield please
Guest replied to RichardB's topic in Sheffield History Chat
Now, I'm not sure that I'm completely right, because of the "upper" and "lower" bit, which is throwing me a little. However, my late grandpa grew up in an area of Netherthorpe/ surroundings called "The Canada", which was somewhere above Summer Street, (which was where my Grandma was from.) so I'd say about Summer Street-cum-Mushroom Lane area, sort of nearing the road by Crookes Valley Park. -
It's still here but known as Burton House these days. We drive through it regularly I say drive 'through' it because Burton lane starts just past the junction of Church street and Haggstones road and coming round a blind bend you find yourself in what looks like a farmyard !! I've seen people so convinced they're in a farmyard they have turned round and headed back down Church street. Worth a trip to look at the house, you would need to park a bit further up the hill outside the cemetery,— it's been modernised a bit but is still obviously very old.
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I was stationed at RAF Norton from 1959 to 1960. I recently wondered what had happened to the station after I had left and looked on Google. I quickly discovered that entering RAF Norton in the search box brought forth very many entries for RAF Brize Norton, and a few for the other three “Nortonsâ€. One other “Norton†was RAF Norton Disney in Lincolnshire, one was RAF Norton Woodseats and one was RAF Norton. Information concerning RAF Norton is very slight and I have therefore decided to put together a non-commercial (probably means stapled together) document including as much history as I can gather on the station. To clear up one point first, RAF Norton (just beyond Gleadless and reaching as far as Lightwood Lane) was not an airfield and it had no runway. There were annual air shows in the 1950s/60s but all the fixed wing aircraft participating simply flew over. I do remember, however, that helicopters landed on the station during the shows. RAF Norton Woodseats, about which I know very little (except that it keeps confusing the RAF Norton story!) was, I believe, further out into Derbyshire and it was an airfield. However, it was closed (I believe) before I arrived at RAF Norton and therefore I don’t believe I even heard of it at the time. I am busy gathering information from various sources and you will see soon, if it hasn’t appeared already, in the Sheffield Daily Star’s Diary column, an article concerning the beginning of my project. I hope to maybe hear from other people their memories of the station. I would be grateful if those who have posted photos on this forum would be kind enough to give me authority to use them. Obviously I will acknowledge the source and will send each contributor a copy of the finished item. This will undoubtedly take me several (many?) months and I will try not to drop off the perch before it is finished!!. I am tempted to avoid the question of the gate guardian aircraft but to do so would leave a gap in my document so I will see what I can find out. Meanwhile I would be very grateful for any other information which readers of this entry might have unearthed since they last contributed. My e-mail site for this project is nortonfacts@googlemail.com. I am particularly keen to obtain a copy of the RAF Norton site plan which, until quite recently, was posted on the internet by the Gleadless Historical Society. However, just as I want it, it has disappeared just as the society itself appears to have disappeared from the internet. If anyone has a copy or can run it down for me I would be most grateful. I look forward to hearing from you. Derek Read
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Black Lamb's Lane is now Janson Street?
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Brick Lane became ? Nursery Street was formerly known as ?
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Reviving this topic because I have found another windmill that I've never seen mentioned anywhere, but hope someone has more info. This is a post type windmill that stood at the top of Millhouses lane. It is shown on the 1850 map but not on the OS survey of 1894. Neither is it shown on Fairbank's map of 1795 although he does show the windmill on Western bank. What seems odd is that a new post type windmill should have been erected at this time (ie after 1795) when tower type mills had become the norm. Perhaps the mill on Western bank was relocated to Silver Hill ? Silver Hill in 1850 Location - Google maps. http://www.earthtools.org/index.php?x=-1.5...p;t=7&m=Map skeets - I didn't see your post back in October. Royds Mill in Attercliffe was a water powered mill.
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Pinegrove country club, Myers Grove Lane Image from Google Street View
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Crookes Valley recreation ground - then and now
s6lad replied to docmel's topic in Sheffield History Chat
Those gate posts at the side of the shop are still there. They are sited at the bottom of the steps that lad down from the Mushroom Lane end of the tip. They must have been moved when the buildings were demolished. -
Just noticed this....thank you. The posts on Upwell street are the old gateposts to a farm known as Manor Farm in Grimesthorpe. The others I remember were on Hinde House lane opposite the junction with Little Blosover road. They were the old gateposts to Page Hall farm - the old farmhouse would have stood approximately where Hinde street crosses Robey street. You can see Skinnerthorpe and Page Hall farms on this map... Manor Farm is the buildings above and to the right of the 'y' in Grimesthorpe Colliery.
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Images of Sheffield's Great War Soldiers - Surnames A-L
Guest replied to dunsbyowl1867's topic in Sheffield War Years and The Sheffield Blitz
Hi Dean, I'm not sure if Albert belongs to me or not. My Fenwicks in my family tree came from the Park District of Sheffield, I think this Albert lived at Mushroom Lane, no links found yet. Thanks anyway Michelle -
Little here : Charles William KAYSER Steel manufacturer & merchant (Kayser, Ellison & Co.) Carlisle Works, Carlisle Street East Kelly's 1893 C W KAYSER Managing director (Kayser, Ellison & Co. Ltd.) manufacturers of crucible ca Carlisle Works, Carlisle Street East; Sutherland Street, Attercliffe & Darn White's 1919 Charles William KAYSER Steel manufacturer (Kayser, Ellison & Co. Ltd.) h. Eaton Hall near Retford Kelly's 1925 Benjamin Charles DAVIS Director (Kayser, Ellison & Co. Ltd.) Ashdell Cottage, Ashdell Road White's 1919 Benjamin Charles DAVIS Director (Kayser, Ellision & Co. Ltd.) 82 Ashdell Road Kelly's 1925 WILSON, HAWKSWORTH, ELLISON (& Co.) (now Kayser, Ellison & Co.) merchants & manufacturers of steel &c. Carlisle Works, Carlisle Street East Kelly's 1893 (that's worth the price of admission in its own right; though before your dates) John Ferdinand KAYSER Steel & file manufacturer (Kayser & Glossop) 5 Eyre Street Kelly's 1893 (this one too) Charles EDWARDS Gardener to C W Kayser esq. Sheffield Lane Top Kelly's 1893
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http://www.hillsboroughowlertonlocalhistor..._history_group/ MONTHLY MEETINGS SPEAKERS 2008-09 Meetings at the Leisure Centre Seminar Room in Hillsborough Park (approach from Hawksley Ave) 7.30 Thursday April 16th: Helen Ullerthorne Illustrated talk on the WW1 remains on Hallam Moor at Redmires Thursday May 21st: Tony Canning The 2007 Neepsend Flood Trail Thursday June 18th: David Gill A walk round the Crofts Area 7pm start meeting outside Sheff. Cathedral Thursday July 16th: Robin Fielder Upper Don walk, Wadsley Bridge - Oughtibridge with historical pictures (1.5 miles) meet 7pm at petrol station junction of Penistone Rd. North and Leppings Lane Strong footwear needed Thursday August 20th: Malcolm Nunn A history walk round Low Bradfield 7.30 start meet and finish at the village car park at the back of the cricket field. Lasts 1-1/4 hours (no. 61 bus from Hillsborough Interchange at 7pm) If it turns out to be wet Malcolm says he will open Bradfield archives for us. Thursday September 17th: Martin Olive Sheffield People through Camera Thursday October 15th: Norah Rogerson The Sheffield canal basin- from dereliction to restoration Thursday November 19th: David Templeman Two Queens and a Countess- Mary Queen of Scots, Elizabeth 1 and Bess of Hardwick Thursday December 17th: Dr Ian Russell Carolling Traditions in South Yorkshire and North Derbyshire (a power point presentation)
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The end of the Surrey Theatre. "In March 1865, yet another realistic modern drama was staged, Boucicault's 'The Streets of London', which featured the Great Fire of 1666. Admission prices were: Private boxes, 2s; Amphitheatre, Is; Boxes, 6d; Gallery, 3d. On 25 March the play had run for two weeks to the delight of packed houses. Special effects included a grand house fire as the climax of the play. Tarpaulin and wood were ignited and the blaze tackled by real firemen specially recruited by Mr Youdan. The stage fire was lit and the house facade crashed blazing onto the stage with great dramatic effect. The Friday evening performance being over, the gaslights were extinguished at midnight, however it was surmised that some part of the woodwork, probably the flies had been ignited during the performance. At about 2.30am a policeman discovered the building on fire. A ferocious blaze took hold of the theatre which was immediately evacuated by the few remaining employees. In less than five minutes, the flames burst through the roof at the rear of the building and in no time, the whole structure was a roaring mass of fire and smoke. The firemen acted in desperate haste, because explosives, stored in the building andintended to blow off the roof of the stage house had ignited and enhanced the already awful conflagration. At the height of the blaze, fire brigades from several neighbouring towns were in attendance. The fire spread rapidly, threatening to destroy the surrounding West Bar houses, Spring Street and Hick's Lane also being in great danger. The building burned down in such grand style due to its being built largely of wood. The epic fire raged all through the night and until 10.00am the next morning and was not completely extinguished for five days. The building was totally gutted, nothing remaining but the charred walls."
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Slightly different design - Owler Lane
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From The Star Friday Feb 19th 1954 POSTMAN WALKED 50,000 MILES, LOVED HIS WORK Bradway's postman for the past 16 years, Mr Charles Tyrrell, did his 15-mile daily rounds today --his 65th birthday-- for the last time. To mark his retirement --and more than 50,000 miles postman's walking-- he was presented at Dore Postal district sorting office with a tea service from his colleagues. Mr F.G. Young, the Head Postmaster, made the presentation. "I have always been interested in my work and done it to the best of my ability," said Mr Tyrrell, who lives at Fox Lane, Bradway, and first did the delivery in 1937. NEW MANAGER FOR THE EMPIRE THEATRE Mr John Spitzer, aged 27 and assistant manager of the Empire, Sheffield, has been appointed manager in succession to the late Fred Neate. ----000---
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Hi Karin, Welcome to Sheffield History. I looked a little further into this Hobson family - just info available via Sheffield Records OnLine. http://www.sheffieldrecordsonline.org.uk/ It seems the business went to John Barber Hobson, who is listed as a Cutlery Dealer at 67 Snig hill in 1857 and just round the corner at 3 King street in 1893, house at 244 Fulwood Lane. This could be John the son of Edward aged 13 in the 1841 census and suggests that Edward's wife Hannah's maiden name was Barber. There were quite a number of Barber families in the cutlery business in Sheffield at that time. In 1861 the census returns show an age agreement with the 13 year old John of 1841. John Barber HOBSON 33 head YKS Sheffield M A HOBSON 33 wife YKS Denby M A HOBSON 5 daughter YKS Sheffield J B HOBSON 2 son YKS Sheffield To find people related to you and your Edward You might like to browse through the ENG-SHEFFIELD-L mailing list archives here ... http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/i.../ENG-SHEFFIELD/ I'm sure I've seen references to Sheffield Hobsons when digging around in these exchanges looking for something else. I'd say your chances of finding someone with the same ancestor are pretty good. At least you now have photos of the family tomb thanks to Dunsbyowl.
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The 3 blocks on St Aidens (opposite the Cemetry entrance on City Road) were demolished in August 1999, not sure of the exact date as I was not in the country at the time and missed it. The 2 Guilford blocks at Northern Avenue / Spring Lane were demolished in November of the same year. (I think 7th November but in any case it was a Sunday so nearest Sunday to this date). If you have searched the site you will have come across the threads on Norfolk Park in the early 70's and another on Norfolk Park in the 1980's and 1990's. These contain the odd hidden gem of information like this. I am sure other members, especially ex residents of particular blocks will be able to provide more dates for the other blocks.
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The noahs is my local i will ask around to see who was landlord in 1951. Some very good old photos of the area around four lane ends inside the pub.
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Crosspool in the Great War
Guest replied to GnrEaton's topic in Sheffield War Years and The Sheffield Blitz
GnrEaton Here are a few more: ANDREW, James: Driver 107382, Royal Artillery, Lived 152 Lydgate Lane. Survived. BECKETT, Hubert Edge: 2nd Lt. D Coy. 1st/4th York & Lancs. KIA 23/07/17 age 33. Lived Tapton House, Tapton House Road. GAUTIER Francis Herbert: Sjt. 10885, 11th Cheshire Reg. Died Royal Infirmary 11/06/16 age 44. Lived 34 Tapton Bank. Former regular soldier and Police Constable. GROVES, Charles William: Pte. 77445, 132nd Field Ambulance, RAMC. KIA 25/09/17. 1901 census shows him living at 10 Tapton Bank, age 12. HOLLAND, Franklin: L/Cpl. 10530. 9th West Yorkshire Regt. (Prince of Wales's Own). KIA 06/08/15 GWGC gives parents address as 6 Dalton Cottages, Tapton Hill Road. KAY, William Ashworth: Pte 25780 14th York & Lancs. KIA 07/08/17 age 20. GWGC gives parents address as 68 Carsick Hill Road. MARKS, Victor Wilfred: Cpl. 76463, 12th Battery, 35 Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. DOW 02/04/18 age 26. GWGC gives parent’s address as 261 Sandygate Road. PEACE Hubert Kirkby: Lt. 1st Lincolnshire Regiment. DOW 18/10/14 age 33. 1901 Census shows him living at 10 Tapton House Road, age 15. SANDERSON, Fred: Army pensioner (former Lance Bombardier 191291, Royal Garrison Artillery) died 8/1/21. Born, lived and died at 26 Stephen Hill. SMITH, Algernon Sydney, 2rd Lt. 57 Sqd, RAF. Killed whilst flying on 20/03/19 age 20. GWGC gives parents address as 5 Tapton Bank. WILD John Henry: Pte. 202511, D Coy. 2nd/4th York & Lancs. KIA 20/07/18 age 25. GWGC gives parent’s address as 25 Tapton Hill Road. WILD, Sidney: Pte. 32310, D Coy. 10th York & Lancs. KIA 14/10/17 age 21. GWGC gives parent’s address as 30 Tapton Bank. Apart from ANDREW all are named on the Ranmoor and/or Fulwood War Memorials. Regards Flatlander -
The Noahs Ark is at or near the junction of Mansfield Rd and Hollinsend Rd so it is likely that at least 2 are the same place Not quite sure of "Four Lane Ends" Handsworth, You can't really describe that area as Handsworth, will dig a little deeper
