> Can anyone tell me where sheffield was? I have an old 1637 copy of a map. > It does not tell you what County oir where4 its is. To the north was > Bradfield and to the south was Ecclesey Byerley. It shows Crookes Moore in > the center and the town of Sheffield to the east of it. Gordon Curiously enough Sheffield is still exactly where it was in 1637 - only now it's a bit bigger with a population of over half a million. It's overwhelmed Crookes (moor), and almost Ecclesfield (Bierlow). Bradfield also come within the city limits. That said, Bradfield is still out in the country. Crookes has been a favourite bed-sit residence for generations of Sheffield University students in late Victorian and Edwardian terraces. Of all Britain's cities Sheffield may be unusual in that there are almost as many sheep living within the boundaries as humans. Since reorganisation in the 1970's Sheffield as a city moved from the old West Riding of Yorkshire to the newly created South Yorkshire and those boundaries go right out into the Peak District of Derbyshire. However, we're a long way from Antrim and Ulster! For those unfamiliar with British geography, Yorkshire is the largest historical county in the British Isles, to the north of England, on the east side of the Pennine hills that run down the centre. Chris Morgan in sunny Sheffield