Quote Originally Posted by Grist_To_The_Mill View Post
I thought the same until I saw it on a map dated 1570

Might even go earlier than that

Another thing I didn’t know until recently was that Guest and Chrimes made fuzes for artillery shells
You may be correct, it's all pretty murky, but I thought the story was that the area was named New York because of the fire hydrants made there.

But then when the fire hydrants thing was brought up during the stadium naming, I did some research and found some info about NY fire hydrants, found quite a few different types but all made in the USA, I couldn't find any evidence of Guest and Chrimes ones being used over there.