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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 ...
By 1600 Sheffield was the main centre of cutlery production in England outside London, and in 1624 The Company of Cutlers in Hallamshire was formed to oversee the trade. [60] Examples of water-powered blade and cutlery workshops from around this time can be seen at the Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet and Shepherd Wheel museums in Sheffield.
Sheffield Interchange is the city's bus main hub; ... call at Sheffield en route to London from Newcastle upon ... exhibits which reflect Sheffield's history and ...
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 ...
Sheffield Archives (located in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England) collects, preserves and lists records (or archives) relating to Sheffield and South Yorkshire and makes them available for reference and research. Sheffield Archives is a joint service with Sheffield Local Studies Library.
With the opening of the London Extension in 1899, Sheffield gained a new direct service to London. To attract the lucrative trade between the cities, the Great Central Railway launched Sheffield Without A Stop on 1 July 1903 [ 2 ] and became something of a trademark for the company, with 163.75 miles (263.53 km) being run in exactly 3 hours, an ...
Many of the knives were discovered by Thames mudlarks in the tidal mud of the River Thames in London. [8] Also on display is the Norfolk Knife, a very large pocket knife with 75 blades which was made by Joseph Rodgers and Sons at their Norfolk Street Works in Sheffield for the Crystal Palace Great Exhibition of 1851. [9] [10] [11]
The National Centre for Popular Music was a museum in Sheffield, England, for pop and rock music and contemporary culture generally, a £15 million project largely funded with contributions from the National Lottery, which opened on 1 March 1999, and closed in June 2000.