Sheffield History Posted September 15, 2017 Share Posted September 15, 2017 Join David Templeman for a fascinating look into the origins of central Sheffield street names through images, maps and text. Hear how the town’s rural roots are still remembered and journey back through Tudor, Medieval times and beyond to discover where the street names originated. Mon 9 October 2017 - 10:30 – 11:30 Carpenter Room Sheffield Central Library Surrey Street Sheffield S1 1XZ Tickets - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-history-of-sheffield-street-names-tickets-36895704044 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boginspro Posted September 15, 2017 Share Posted September 15, 2017 A fascinating subject and one that has come up on here at times. It would be nice if anyone lucky enough to attend could add to this interesting topic posted by dunsbyowl1867 -------------------- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeadFarmer Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 I would love to attend, but I'll be at work. If anyone here does attend could they reply here with anything interesting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neal m Posted November 14, 2017 Share Posted November 14, 2017 On the topic of street names. Anyone know how some of the streets in Sharrow got their names? Particularly the little grid near the Sharrow Lane/Washington Road crossroads. (Langdon Street, Fentonville Street, Penley Street, Stemp Street, Croydon Street, Mackenzie Street). I do know that Croydon Street was originally called something else. I'm particularly interested in Langdon Street. Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandra Billard Posted November 15, 2017 Share Posted November 15, 2017 I am looking for a Newton Square it was down the bottom of the moor some where around St Marys Church my gg grandparents lived there the died in the 1860s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmund Posted November 15, 2017 Share Posted November 15, 2017 Newton Square was on Arundel Street, possibly Court 7 near the Matilda street junction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madannie77 Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 23 hours ago, Sandra Billard said: I am looking for a Newton Square it was down the bottom of the moor some where around St Marys Church my gg grandparents lived there the died in the 1860s 21 hours ago, Edmund said: Newton Square was on Arundel Street, possibly Court 7 near the Matilda street junction. It certainly was near Arundel Street, off Newton Lane, as shown in this post in another topic. https://www.sheffieldhistory.co.uk/forums/topic/16596-newton-square-near-the-moor-in-sheffield-city-centre/?do=findComment&comment=140021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tozzin Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 On 14/11/2017 at 19:00, neal m said: On the topic of street names. Anyone know how some of the streets in Sharrow got their names? Particularly the little grid near the Sharrow Lane/Washington Road crossroads. (Langdon Street, Fentonville Street, Penley Street, Stemp Street, Croydon Street, Mackenzie Street). I do know that Croydon Street was originally called something else. I'm particularly interested in Langdon Street. Cheers! Langdon Street seems to be named after a place in England, cant say which as there are several Langdon's. Fentonville, named after the Fenton family who had land there in the 1800s, Penley St could have been named after a place in Clwyd, Stemp St is unknown, maybe named after the builder, Croydon St was originally called Frederick St but because there were already several Frederick Streets, in 1886 it was re-named Croydon St after the town, Mackenzie St was named after Rev Alexander Mackenzie, who was vicar of St Pauls from 1778 -1816. All this info is from Peter Harvey's book The Street Names of Sheffield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neal m Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandra Billard Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 On 11/16/2017 at 09:04, madannie77 said: It certainly was near Arundel Street, off Newton Lane, as shown in this post in another topic. https://www.sheffieldhistory.co.uk/forums/topic/16596-newton-square-near-the-moor-in-sheffield-city-centre/?do=findComment&comment=140021 I wonderd if it was near Newton Lane Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandra Billard Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 On 11/15/2017 at 11:27, Edmund said: Newton Square was on Arundel Street, possibly Court 7 near the Matilda street junction. Thanks for the help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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