Hi All I am new to the list Can anyone tell me anything of Philadelphia Gardens in Sheffield Been trying to find places with Philadelphia in them that might explain why my convict to Australia had Philadelphia as his birth place but it is not the US. many thanks in advance Louise in Australia -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 936 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len

hello Louise, Welcome to this list! I can't find a reference to Philadelphia Gardens, but Philadelphia is certainly an area of Sheffield to the northwest of the centre and close to the river Don. It is also not far from the site of St Philip's Church. As the areas on the periphery of the town were built up there was often a period when the properties were used for gardens or allotments before the houses went up. There were places where 'Gardens' became part of the street names and later fell out of use. Looking at the Philadelphia area on the 1855 map at http://www.old-maps.co.uk (coordinates 434600 388500) you can see a patchwork of gardens and it would not surprise me if part of this area was known as Philadelphia Gardens for a time. Would you like to give us the details you have of this man so we can see if we can find any trace of him in Sheffield? Regards, Hugh ----- Original Message ----- From: "louise" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2008 8:33 AM Subject: Re: [SHEFF] Philadelphia Gardens, sheffield > Hi All > I am new to the list > Can anyone tell me anything of Philadelphia Gardens in Sheffield > > Been trying to find places with Philadelphia in them that might explain why my convict to Australia had Philadelphia as his birth place but it is not the US. > > many thanks in advance > Louise in Australia >