i live in the area and want to know more about the history of the park and surrounding area, and find any photos of the area, i've looked at picturesheffield.com, and there are a few, any one know where i could go for more. i am particularly interested in finding out who has lived in the house that i now live in, any ideas?

thanks!!! :)

You need the 'deeds' Lozzer, usually held by a solicitor on behalf of the mortgage lender or owner. The 'deeds' usually list all previous owners of the house, land etc, however they're impossible to get hold of without the help of a solicitor I believe.

thanks for that i'll try it out

:D

If it's an old property they will make interesting reading if you can understand ' ye Olde Englifh'.
Best of luck !

Originally posted by "Lozzer"

i live in the area and want to know more about the history of the park and surrounding area, and find any photos of the area, i've looked at picturesheffield.com, and there are a few, any one know where i could go for more. i am particularly interested in finding out who has lived in the house that i now live in, any ideas?

thanks!!! :)

Depends how far you want to go back. The 1901 census results are now available http://www.pro.gov.uk.
Alternatively the Land Registry can tell you all previous owners for a smallish fee http://www.landreg.gov.uk.

Hi There
Re you wanting to know more about meersbrook, try a book called Chantrey Land by Harold Armitage from library. Is mainly about Norton but Meersbook is covered

Try the book about Heeley as well - Heeley Voices? - sorry it's a bit early for me...Obviously it's mainly about Heeley, but includes info on Meersbrook. Also, the Heeley History group will probably be able to point you in the right direction for further info about where to find more.
Maybe it's time us NLees/Meersbrook residents wrote our own book:D
Do get your lease if you can...it's good for a laugh if it's as old as mine (we're strictly forbidden to boil tallow, dye material, or sell candles from our property, lol) . Any probs understanding it, just ask.

try a book called Street Names of Sheffield by Peter Harvey tell how streets got their names

In Sheffield Library, I've seen a collection of books that recorded information about Sheffield - it's called something like The Sheffield Register.

I think there's a volume for each year (I don't know the range of years covered, but I looked at ones from around 1900-1920). In these volumes, it lists the occupiers of each house in each street for that year.

i live in the area and want to know more about the history of the park and surrounding area, and find any photos of the area, i've looked at picturesheffield.com, and there are a few, any one know where i could go for more. i am particularly interested in finding out who has lived in the house that i now live in, any ideas?

thanks!!! :)Hi LozzerAs an ex; Nortonlees resident which rd are you in Arthur.

Hi Lozzer.

You could try contacting The West Riding Registry of Deeds at Wakefield archives.

The majority of records for the West Riding have survived. The problem you may have is that the area you live in was in Derbyshire at one time, and these may not have survived.
http://www.archives.wyjs.org.uk/index.asp?pg=ablocw.html
There is registry of Deeds Information Leaflet (PDF) to download.

http://www.picturethepast.org.uk/ also have a picture of Old Hall Norton Lees which is now Bishops House.

Tuppie

i live in the area and want to know more about the history of the park and surrounding area, and find any photos of the area, i've looked at picturesheffield.com, and there are a few, any one know where i could go for more. i am particularly interested in finding out who has lived in the house that i now live in, any ideas?

thanks!!! :)Lived in Harveyclough rd for a long time

Try Sheffield Archives on Shoreham Strreet next Radio Sheffield. they have all sorts of records for Sheffield and area.Lots of info there and helpful staff. I have lived on Warminster Road since 1952 and remember it not being a through road stopping at Ketton Avenue and starting up again at Warminster Close.Unfortunately regret not having many photos of area.

i am particularly interested in finding out who has lived in the house that i now live in, any ideas?

thanks!!! :)

Assuming your house isn't too modern try the 1881 census which can be researched by street-but you need to go to archives or LDS family centre[archives in town latter is in Grenoside]

Sheffield Archives have KELLYS Directories which list occupants of premises.