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The history of Sheffield, a city in South Yorkshire, England, can be traced back to the founding of a settlement in a clearing beside the River Sheaf in the second half of the 1st millennium AD. The area now known as Sheffield had seen human occupation since at least the last ice age , but significant growth in the settlements that are now ...
This timeline of Sheffield history summarises key events in the history of Sheffield, a city in England. The origins of the city can be traced back to the founding of a settlement in a clearing beside the River Sheaf in the second half of the 1st millennium AD. The area had seen human occupation since at least the last ice age, but significant growth in the settlements that are now ...
Sheffield Improvement Act 1818; Sheffield Manor Lodge; Sheffield Outrages; Sheffield Rally; Sheffield tree felling protests; History of Sheffield United F.C. History of Sheffield Wednesday F.C. Sheffield Wool Shear Workers Union; Shirecliffe; George Talbot, 4th Earl of Shrewsbury; Society for Constitutional Information; St Matthew's Church ...
The University of Sheffield is the city's oldest university. It was established in 1897 as University College Sheffield and gained university status in 1905. Its history traces back to Sheffield Medical School found in 1828, Firth College in 1879 and Sheffield Technical School in 1884.
The City of Sheffield is a metropolitan borough with city status in South Yorkshire, England. The metropolitan borough includes the administrative centre of Sheffield , the town of Stocksbridge and the larger village of Chapeltown and part of the Peak District . [ 7 ]
John Baker Holroyd, 1st Earl of Sheffield, PC, FRS (21 December 1735 – 30 May 1821) [1] was an Anglo-Irish politician and soldier. He was a leading authority on agriculture and commerce and appointed President of the Board of Agriculture in 1803. [2]
In 1485 the Vicar of Sheffield, Sir John Plesaunce, and William Hill, who was a master mason, both agreed to build a bridge of stone "over the watyr of Dune neghe the castell of Sheffeld" [1] at a cost of about £67. The bridge had five arches, and was 14.5 feet (4.4 m) wide. [2]
Before 1832 Sheffield had been represented by the Yorkshire constituency. The Sheffield Borough constituency was created by the Reform Act 1832, and was given two MPs, the first time that the town had been represented in the House of Commons. Four candidates stood at the first election contesting these two seats.