tozzin Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 Having received a Directory Of Sheffield 1789, one address that keeps popping up is China Square, I know that Paradise Square was nick-named Pot Square but where was China Square? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 SH link, a topic that dates to 2008 ... >China Square Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmund Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 Let's introduce an element of debate on this one? In 1889 Pawson and Brailsford published a facsimile copy of the 1787 Sheffield Directory, and it was reviewed in the Independent, where Cheney Square was identified as the new name of China Square: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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tozzin Posted March 6, 2015 Author Share Posted March 6, 2015 Cheney Square seems to be the answer, it's not Paradise Square as that's listed throughout the directory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLongden Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 It seems to be a popular theme that 'China' was a corruption of 'Cheney', rather than a conscious change of name? Reminiscences of Old Sheffield: Its Streets and Its People - 1876 https://books.google.com/books?id=CR8vAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA264&lpg=PA264&dq=china+square+sheffield+1802&source=bl&ots=Z-6EIKXoyT&sig=NAou_8oAYV-1AAYoRjsTkFZayH0&hl=en&sa=X&ei=vVv5VNnJH9OSyAT7k4H4AQ&ved=0CCwQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=china%20square%20sheffield%201802&f=false Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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