One of my great grandfathers William Chegwin came to Sheffield on his own from Redruth Cornwall at the age of 19 to be a hairdresser. Knowing that there are Cornish names of steel works I would like to find out more about Cornish links to Sheffield and if there is anything published on the subject.

Vivien,as far as I can see the various Cornish works were so named because they were on Cornish Lane or Cornish Place in Neepsend. No connection to Cornwall.
Dave

Thank you Dave. Now I am wondering why Cornish Lane was so called and Truro works etc. Viv.

Hi Viv, it was to do with the production of Britannia metal which was made from tin sourced from Cornwall.

Heths

Thank you. I will look into that. Viv