Jew Lane/Jehu Lane

[SteveHB]

From the S&R Independent, published: September 19, 1885.

 

[Ponytail]

Suggestion as to the origin of the name Jehu Lane.

This one as recounted in Reminiscences of Old Sheffield, it's streets and it's people. From the 1870's

Pages 213 & 214.

"Leonard : Do you know what is said to be the origin of the name Jehu lane ? The tradition is, that when Mary Queen of Scots arrived in Sheffield for imprisonment at the Manor, this lane was the main road, and through it she had to pass. The streets had not been planned in expectation of such things as coaches rolling through them, and the lane astonished the Queen's coachman to such an extent that he ejaculated "Jehu!" — by way, I suppose, of invoking the tutelary genius of drivers in his difficulty.

Everard : Credat Judcsus !"

 

From a Google Search

Originally a commander of chariots for Ahab, king of Israel, Jehu later led a revolt against the throne and became king himself. In the Bible, it is noted of Jehu that "he drives furiously" (II Kings 9:20). In the 17th century, English speakers began using jehu as a generic term meaning "coachman" or, specifically, "a fast or reckless coachman." Today, we are more likely to use the word in reference to reckless cabdrivers. The phrase drives like Jehu is encountered occasionally, too.

 

[Ponytail]

Map of the Ground purchased of the Duke of Norfolk by Robert Cundell in Jehu Lane and Haymarket Lane. 1805. 

https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc03627&pos=3&action=zoom&id=99151

 

[Ponytail]

Map shows how the planned new street sweeps away the properties on Jehu Lane. 

Plan of proposed new street [Flat Street] between Old Haymarket and Pond Street. 1845

Also shown are Wain Gate, Town Hall, Castle Street, Castle Folds, Tontine Inn, Dixon Lane, King Street, Shambles, Fruit Market, Market Street, Jehu Lane, Norfolk Street, Bakers Hill, Shude Hill, Little Pond Street, Sycamore Street, and Pond Hill.

From a volume of plans of new streets and street improvements, made by Flockton, Lee and Flockton, 1845.

https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc06813&pos=5&action=zoom&id=106244

 

[Ponytail]

Map showing Jehu Lane. 

Plan of Baker's Hill and Shude Hill shewing a proposed improvement there with a section of Baker's Hill and part of Shude Hill. 1840 J. Fairbank and Son.

Shows Fruit Market, Hay Market, Market Street, Jehu Lane, Bakers Hill, Norfolk Street, Flat Street, Pond Street, Forge Lane and Shude Hill.

https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc04038&pos=4&action=zoom&id=103298

 

[Ponytail]

A plan of sundry Tenements in Jehu Lane with the Carriage Road proposed to be made for their accommodation through the Ground held of the Earl of Surrey by Robert Lambert. 1783

Surveyor: William Fairbank II.

Tenements bounded by Jehu Lane, Baker's Hill and Shude Hill.

Tenants; measurements given of the area concerned in the making of the new lane (unnamed). (Fitzalan Square)

 

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