hello Joan, GRINDROD - great name for a schoolteacher ! (I am reading Dickens's Hard Times at the moment where the teacher is Thomas GRADGRIND) Belfield St, Lane, Place etc were in Netherthorpe. Bellefield St still exists but the name had one 'l' in the 1852 Directory. That Directory lists her as Mrs Sarah Grindrod, Belfield House, without mentioning the school. As this is a very unusual name in Sheffield, I suspect she may be related in some way to this person: from the Local Register (digest of local newspaper stories) 18 Aug 1835 Sittings of [Wesleyan] Conference [in Sheffield] closed. The Rev. Mr Grindrod appointed superintendent of the Sheffield West Circuit, and the Rev Mr Treffry of the East. Somebody may be able to check this reference in 1861, which I think may be her: GRINDOD Sarah 62 YKS Hipperholme 3469 62F Investigation of other directories may help. Also, there is a good chance that this school would have advertised in the newspapers. Hugh in Sheffield ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joan Marsden" <joan@marsden001.wanadoo.co.uk> To: <ENG-SHEFFIELD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 30, 2005 4:48 PM Subject: [SHEFF] Where is Belfield House? > My husbands great-grandmother Emily CUSSONS - born 1835 in Horncastle, Lincs - went to school near Sheffield. > > The address of the school was BELFIELD HOUSE, Nr Sheffield. It was run by Mrs Sarah Grindrod and the Misses Mainwaring. > > Does anybody know where the school was located? I've been searching on and off for a few years but haven't been able to find it. > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > Joan > (in Bucks) > > > > > > ==== ENG-SHEFFIELD Mailing List ==== > DO NOT post VIRUS or OFF TOPIC messages to Eng-Sheffield. Off topic content messages should be sent to the list admin instead. For Virus help access http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/announce.html#virus > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > > >

Hello Joan & Hugh, Joan, I have found the 1861 entry for you that Hugh mentions below which I will send to you off-list. The address mentioned for her simply says 'Sunny Bank' and the address of the property before this one is 37 Broomhall Place. Sarah is the head of the household, a widow, and her occupation is given as 'Proprietor of Houses' Best Wishes Jeremy Crawshaw (Temp. List Admin) Crookes SHEFFIELD ---------------------------------------------------- Outgoing Mail protected by: NORTON Internet Security 2004 Updated: 21st May 2005 ---------------------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hugh Waterhouse" <dalum@blueyonder.co.uk> To: <ENG-SHEFFIELD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 30, 2005 6:16 PM Subject: Re: [SHEFF] Where is Belfield House? + 1861 look-up? > hello Joan, > > GRINDROD - great name for a schoolteacher ! > (I am reading Dickens's Hard Times at the moment where the teacher is > Thomas > GRADGRIND) > > Belfield St, Lane, Place etc were in Netherthorpe. Bellefield St still > exists but the name had one 'l' in the 1852 Directory. That Directory > lists > her as Mrs Sarah Grindrod, Belfield House, without mentioning the school. > > As this is a very unusual name in Sheffield, I suspect she may be related > in > some way to this person: > > from the Local Register (digest of local newspaper stories) > 18 Aug 1835 > Sittings of [Wesleyan] Conference [in Sheffield] closed. The Rev. Mr > Grindrod appointed superintendent of the Sheffield West Circuit, and the > Rev > Mr Treffry of the East. > > Somebody may be able to check this reference in 1861, which I think may be > her: > GRINDOD Sarah 62 YKS Hipperholme 3469 62F > > Investigation of other directories may help. Also, there is a good chance > that this school would have advertised in the newspapers. > > Hugh in Sheffield