rusclare Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 Hello Can anyone tell me the origin of Rushby Street Sheffield. :(Cheers J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jam on it Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 What do you mean by "origin" of it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rusclare Posted August 10, 2013 Author Share Posted August 10, 2013 How did it get the name? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mafya Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 Hello Can anyone tell me the origin of Rushby Street Sheffield. :(Cheers J I read somewhere that some of the streets around that area were named after people, I think it was in an edition of the Burngreave messenger and must have been over a year ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rusclare Posted August 10, 2013 Author Share Posted August 10, 2013 What is the burngreave messenger? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mafya Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 What is the burngreave messenger? It is a community newsletter that is delivered around the area, they are also online too= http://www.burngreavemessenger.org/ If you give them a ring they may be able to help you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullerboY Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 There is a book on how the strets in Sheffield got their names try the Sheffield shop on Surrey st. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rusclare Posted August 11, 2013 Author Share Posted August 11, 2013 Thanks for the info I will try and get a copy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterR Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 I always wondered about the origins of street names in Sheffield, particularly around Adsetts Street where I lived. Will try and get a copy of the book too. Grateful for the info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazarus Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 Hello Can anyone tell me the origin of Rushby Street Sheffield. :(Cheers J Rushby St is named after David Rushby who was a builder and joiner in the 1800s, he built houses on Baretta St and of course Rushby St. ---------- Post added 11-08-2013 at 12:56 ---------- I always wondered about the origins of street names in Sheffield, particularly around Adsetts Street where I lived. Will try and get a copy of the book too. Grateful for the info. Adsetts Street was built in the 1860 by the Sheffield & Grimesthorpe Freehold Land Society and named after the society's president George Adsetts, who at that time lived at Brightside he was a land agent with offices in Change Alley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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