Tuvok Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 Does anyone know for certain if the name of Savile Street in Sheffield was changed (from "Saville" to "Savile") in honour of Sir Jimmy Savile and his charity work or not? Obviously this would have been before his public fall from grace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Hardie Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 What a strange notion. It was Savile Street in 1954 on the Ordnance Survey maps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denlin Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 It's always been Savile Street Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuvok Posted January 30, 2015 Author Share Posted January 30, 2015 Hmmmm. If you notice, some of the buildings on there use the "LL" spelling. Surely they wouldn't get this wrong. And it is the more traditional spelling of the name "Saville" too. Also, if you look closely at the street sign between Savile Street and The Wicker, you will notice that it has been carefully altered with white paint to remove one of the Ls. Coincidence? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denlin Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 If it's anew sign then it was probably a mistake that was rectified but certainly nowt to do with Jimmy Savile and the buildings had probably copied it. I have never known it spelled with two 'L's ---------- Post added 30-01-2015 at 12:47 ---------- I've got an old map which is pre 1995 as it still has tel nos that don't begin 01 and it is Savile Street on that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Hardie Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 Hmmmm. If you notice, some of the buildings on there use the "LL" spelling. Surely they wouldn't get this wrong. And it is the more traditional spelling of the name "Saville" too. I'll speak to my tailor on Savile Row. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Douglas J Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 It's "Savile Street" on the 1903 map. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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