Mystery Hotel 1912 ????????

[joanne56]

No I havent managed to find a picture of the "Midland Hotel Sheaf Street" but the Picture on Sheffield site is a different "Midlands Hotel" and is located on the corner of Spital Hill and Carlysle Street.
The Midlands Hotel on Sheaf St. next to the Station is obviously no longer there but some information may be available at local planning department archives, the bus station looks as though it needed some space, maybe it was around that area.
does anybody know which was or is Station Road, it must have lead off Sheaf Street?
Joanne

[Paul E]

Hi Joanne

Brilliant deductive research!

The Sheffield Genealogy site has a 1940's map which has, frustratingly, been removed 'for copyright reasons'.   It lists a Station Road indexed as J7; Sheaf Street is indexed E7-E8; Pond Street is indexed E7-E8 and Harmer Lane as E8.  Midland Station is indexed as E8.

Not a great deal of help.   I wonder if anyone has access to a more detailed map of Sheffield?

cheers

Paul

PS
I asked Harry McFry, but it's out of his league!

[Ninatoo]

Not sure if it will be of any use, but "Old Maps" has a map of Sheffield for the year 1855.  It does not look all that great, but then I don't know the area.  Just search for Sheffield.

http://www.old-maps.co.uk/

Nina

[liverpool annie]

I asked Harry McFry, but it's out of his league!

Now how would he know ..... he's too busy doing other things ??!! 

I have never been to Sheffield so I have no idea where you're talking about !! 

[J.J.]

Annie, I have googled station hotels and old photos of Sheffield & surrounding areas until I am blue in the face well, red in the eyes, anyway....Joanne's theory sounds good to me...as it obviously doesn't exist anymore...   We need some eyes & brains older than ours...      J.J.

[Paul E]

White's Directory of Sheffield & Rotherham, 1901, mentions a Midland Hotel at Spittal Hill.

Is this the old or new one?

[liverpool annie]

Annie, I have googled station hotels and old photos of Sheffield & surrounding areas until I am blue in the face well, red in the eyes, anyway....Joanne's theory sounds good to me...as it obviously doesn't exist anymore...   We need some eyes & brains older than ours...      J.J.

I think you're right JJ ....... Paul it's up to you !

JJ and me are going on another pub crawl !! 

I'll get me coat !

[Paul E]

Ooh    - it also mentions a Midland Station Hotel, proprietor George Wood, Sheaf Street & Pond Street!

http://www.historicaldirectories.org/hd/index.asp

PS

Annie and JJ - don't you DARE go now after all the work you've done!  With your two brains and Joanne's beauty (or was it vice versa?)  , we could be onto something!

[J.J.]

In a minute, , Annie, just got to find my boots!    J.

Paul that is exciting....