urmary Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 Hi, Anyone knows from where the name Sheffield came from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
susan 827 Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 i was always led to believe it came from 2 words ,sheaf is in sheaves of corn and the field in which they were harvested hence sheaf field then adapted to sheffield Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
normanmarina Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 Dont quote me on this,but when I was a lad growing up in sunny sheffield,I was told the name was derived from many years ago,before the industrial revolution when the land was inhabited by predominantly farming communities,sheffield came from the corn being left in sheiffs in the fields?No idea if this is the case,but my mam told me and I believed everything she said!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corn2 Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 Have a look at this link from the SF archives .. http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/archive/index.php/t-69.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olilew Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 we did this at school, it comes from "Escafeld" which means 'open space among woods by the river Sheaf' in olde english or summat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urmary Posted July 7, 2009 Author Share Posted July 7, 2009 Thanks to all of you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sova Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 The name is from late O.E. Scafeld "Open Land by the River Sheaf," an O.E. river name, from sceath "boundary." The boundary in question was that between Northumbria and Mercia, two Anglo Saxon kingdoms, which ran by Sheffield in that time. Dore is another local name which refers to this boundary, with the village being the literal 'door' being one kingdom and another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urien Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 We were always told at school that it came from Sheaf-feld, that is the field (feld = field or clearing) where the river Sheaf met the river Don. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxon51 Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 Sova has it in one. Sc = Sh in Old English. Sceath Feld pronounced SHAITH FELD meant Boundary Clearing. Shortened to; Scafeld pronounced SHAIFELD. The river, the previously mentioned 'boundary', now refered to as the Sheaf. It is said that the Normans, on hearing the local Saxons speak of the name misheard them and thought they were saying Eshafeld, or as written down, Escafeld. That's my story and I'm sticking to it. Another point worth noting is that the Sheffield Coat of Arms displays corn and arrows. The two things that can be collected into 'SHEAFS'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pegaso Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 urmary always understood it came from field near river sheaf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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