Emilia Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 My great-great grandparents, William and Sarah Simpson, lived on New George St between about 1860 and 1875. They were 'cow-keepers'. New George St changed its name around 1900 to Boston St and is near St Mary's Gate. I heard tell of relatives having "a farm down the bottom of the moor". Sarah was a widowed cow-keeper in 1871. Does anybody know if there was a farm or farms there, and when it stopped being a farm? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 Area known as Little Sheffield, here's a section map dated around 1850, plenty of areas, fields, allotment style gardens, where cows and other livestock would have been kept. https://maps.nls.uk/view/102345217 https://maps.nls.uk/view/102345217 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 Same area around 1903 https://maps.nls.uk/view/100950107 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emilia Posted May 17, 2020 Author Share Posted May 17, 2020 12 hours ago, SteveHB said: Area known as Little Sheffield, here's a section map dated around 1850, plenty of areas, fields, allotment style gardens, where cows and other livestock would have been kept. https://maps.nls.uk/view/102345217 https://maps.nls.uk/view/102345217 Thanks, that's brilliant! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 Was William also a coal dealer? Simpson William, cowkeeper and coal dealer, New George Street. From White's directory, published 1862. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmund Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 44 minutes ago, SteveHB said: Was William also a coal dealer? Simpson William, cowkeeper and coal dealer, New George Street. From White's directory, published 1862. More than likely - in May 1860 William Simpson of New George Street was fined £1 10s, as the examiners of weights and measures found that he had in his possession a false and defective beam and scales. His death notice referred to him only as a cowkeeper though (he died aged 39 on 6th September 1869 at New George Street). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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