Montfort street Burngreave

[Shogun]

The houses were bulldozed in the sixties to make way for the new flats that are there know.I was shocked to find when recently tracing my Fathers side of the family that they lived on Mountfort Street Burngreave, some of them even living there from the turn of the century to the time it was pulled down in the sixties.I never knew anything about them at all.anyone on SF here who lived on the street or have any information about the street and people who lived there would be much appreciated..

[hillsbro]

Here is a scan from the 1957 Kelly's Directory..

[Shogun]

Here is a scan from the 1957 Kelly's Directory..

 

According to the 1910 census they lived at 24 mountfort street

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The houses were bulldozed in the sixties to make way for the new flats that are there know.I was shocked to find when recently tracing my Fathers side of the family that they lived on Mountfort Street Burngreave, some of them even living there from the turn of the century to the time it was pulled down in the sixties.I never knew anything about them at all.anyone on SF here who lived on the street or have any information about the street and people who lived there would be much appreciated..

 

I remember a Montfort St ran from Verdon St to Lopham St but that was Pitsmoor District

[Texas]

It is Pitsmoor, numbers, anything West of Burngreave Road was regarded as Pitsmoor.

[cod2gamer]

i dont remember monfort street i lived on 39 monfort drive in the early 70s then they were masonettes acrossthe road was a school and jacks think it was some sort of pub/snooker club

[Falls]

i dont remember monfort street i lived on 39 monfort drive in the early 70s then they were masonettes acrossthe road was a school and jacks think it was some sort of pub/snooker club

 

Hi,

 

They began rehousing folks from Montfort Street (and Thistle Street where my folks lived) in the late 1960s. The last 50 or so metres of Montfort Street is still there (rebuilt and now called Montfort Drive)

 

Regards

Edited October 8, 2013 by Falls

[WarPig]

Thread resurrection as I have just discovered that in the 1871 census some of my ancestors (John & Fanny Richards) lived at 27 Montford Street.

Edited February 3, 2022 by WarPig

[St Petre]

On 29/09/2013 at 11:04, Texas said:

It is Pitsmoor, numbers, anything West of Burngreave Road was regarded as Pitsmoor.

I was born EAST of Burngreave Road and that's still Pitsmor all the way to Grimesthorpe.

Edited February 4, 2022 by St Petre
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[Bowls]

Hello I lived on Andover Drive in the 80s the people were nice people used to play football on Nottingham Street rec in the 60s till I got married