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How did sheffield get its name? |
Travel Info How did sheffield get its name? Travel Tips Sheffield can be traced back to the founding of a settlement in a clearing beside the River Sheaf in the second half of the 1st millennium AD Others Because it has a lot of Sheff's sheffield cutlery From the river Sheaf which runs through it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/sheffield... Sheffield developed at the point where the River Don and the River Sheaf meet, in open space between woodlands. The name probably derives from 'Sheaf Field'. The field it was built on was a corn field by the side of a river. when they cut the corn they stood it in sheafs until it was dry.they would then thrash the corn to remove the seeds and any sheafs not to be used for animal bedding was thrown into the river to be taken away thats were the river got its name. did you know that sheffield has six valleys each with its own river.ie:don,loxley sheaf can`t remember any more. |
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