The Park, Sheffield

[glaham]

In 1871, where would the Park, Sheffield have been? I've an idea it's in the Attercliffe area. My g-g-grandparents lived at The Park, Sheffield, 70 High Street. Any clues?

[Strix]

this claims to be taken in the park area and refers to norfolk park.

 

and some history

 

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Is this the 'High Street' that leads off the Park Square roundabout? (only noticed the PARK in there after I typed it )

 

south st

 

woolhouse

 

high st lane

 

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pond st towards park district

[Strix]

duke st

city goods station

broad st

flats

another claim to fame?

south st

boot repairs

[PopT]

It's only a guess but was The Park the name of a public house on High St.

 

There was The Old Blue Bell, was it The Park in 1871.

 

Just an idea, maybe someone else could check out the old pub names.

 

Happy Days

[hutch]

Originally posted by PopT

It's only a guess but was The Park the name of a public house on High St.

 

There was The Old Blue Bell, was it The Park in 1871.

 

Just an idea, maybe someone else could check out the old pub names.

 

Happy Days

It was the Old Blue Bell in 1876.

[Tazz070299]

The Park was the area of Sheffield running from the bottom of Duke street up towards City Road, and ended at about the top of Fitzwalter Road.

 

Much of the old terraced housing was knocked down in the '60's to make way for Park Hill Flats, but I remember using Park Swimming baths in the late '60s and '70's.

 

 

Tazz

[Kristian]

Anyone know how Grafton Street in the Park area got it's name?

 

I have a friend (he's 82 now!) who lived in the Park area as a child, and Grafton is his surname. I always wondered if this new street was built in memory of his family. (He can't remember much these days, bless him!)

 

K x

[HughW]

The Park, in its original Medieval sense, was a large area, larger than the town of Sheffield itself, which was reserved for the personal use of the Lords of the Manor (the Earls of Shrewsbury and later the Dukes of Norfolk). It was separate from the 6 original Townships of Sheffield (Attercliffe cum Darnall, Brightside Bierlow, Ecclesall Bierlow, Nether Hallam, Upper Hallam and the central Sheffield Township). Of course the Lords of the Manor owned large parts of the Townships as well!

 

As the town expanded, that 'pesonal use' would increasingly mean allowing building, beginning with the big fashionable houses that used to look down on the town from the slopes (some like Queen's Tower still exist), and then 'filling-in' as the Park was built-up like the rest of the city.

 

If you look at this page and find the 1832 map (drop-down menu 'maps' ) the 'blank' area to the southeast (counted as part of Sheffield Township by the 19th century) is The Park.

 

HughW

[sheffexpat]

I vaguely remember a High Street or High Street Lane , on maps of around 1950 , shown at the Broad Lane end of The Park district.

Maybe round about the year in question , there were houses on High Street Lane and this has been mistakenly transposed into High Street.

Just checked a map from about 1980 and High Street Lane is on there----a tiny street , running off the bottom end of Bard Street.

[sheffexpat]

What's a bit confusing is that Glaham , gives the address as "The Park......etc..." , which does make it sound like a house name on the High Street in town-----whereas if you said "They lived in the Park area : on a street called High Street " it would alter the whole meaning of it. Where's Sherlock Holmes ?