Astraeus Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 As in "Crimicar Lane", "Crimicar Drive", "Crimicar Avenue". Does anyone know the provenance of the name as it appears not to be a placename otherwise employed nor the name of a prominent Sheffielder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillsbro Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 According to the late Peter Harvey's research, the name evidently applied to a field, and it could derive from the Middle English for "crooked acre" - here is a scan from Peter's book "Street Names of Sheffield". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonj Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 You know, I grew up in Fulwood and caught the 60 bus with Crimicar Lane on the front so many times over so many years and I never once wondered where that name originated from. Great question and a good, informative answer from hillsbro as usual I have however, always wondered where the name of the road I lived on came from ....... Stone Delf ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookingfat50 Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 some were named after wars I think it may have some thing to do do wth the Crimean war but that's just my opinion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Re-Enactor Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 going back to Peter Harvey's book from old field name. Harrison's survey of 1637 mentions a close called ye Stone Delph measuring three roods nineteen perches, held by Hugh Beighton and his son William. Delph or delf is the old word for quarry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astraeus Posted August 18, 2014 Author Share Posted August 18, 2014 According to the late Peter Harvey's research, the name evidently applied to a field, and it could derive from the Middle English for "crooked acre" - here is a scan from Peter's book "Street Names of Sheffield". Thank you hillsbro. What a wonderful resource that book is. You have just convinced me to part with my pennies having been intrigued by it for some time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazarus Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 Is strange that so many people think that places are just given any kind of name but every name has a history and means something and usually goes back to Saxon times or in some cases well before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phanerothyme Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 Placename evidence is a well established historical method. Vikings are all over the place, from York to Ormskirk. Dialect too - e.g. Loppy literally means "lousy" (infested with lice) in Swedish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigal123456 Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 Can remember as a kid my mother commenting on anyone with a bad cough ,saying that's another one for Crimicar lane . Was there a chest clinic or hospital there ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillsbro Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 (edited) Can remember as a kid my mother commenting on anyone with a bad cough ,saying that's another one for Crimicar lane . Was there a chest clinic or hospital there ?Yes - it was an isolation hospital, and people with tuberculosis were sent to the Crimicar Lane Hospital for treatment. It was demolished in the 1950s. Edited November 16, 2014 by hillsbro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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