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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 ...
Buildings and structures in Sheffield have been constructed over a time-span ranging from the 13th century to the present day. The majority of Sheffield 's older buildings were built during the Industrial Revolution , with many medieval buildings demolished in the 19th century; some older buildings were lost during the Sheffield Blitz .
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 ]
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 ...
Its history traces back to Sheffield Medical School found in 1828, Firth College in 1879 and Sheffield Technical School in 1884. The university is one of the original red brick universities and is a member of the Russell Group. Sheffield Hallam University city campus seen from South Street Park
As early as the 14th century Sheffield was noted for the production of knives, as noted in Geoffrey Chaucer's The Reeve's Tale from The Canterbury Tales. In the early decades of the 14th century Yorkshire suffered from a series of poor harvests, cattle disease and plundering Scottish armies.
A particular feature of this collection is the fine series of early engraved catalogues of old Sheffield plate. A collection of 29 massive ledgers of the South Yorkshire and North Derbyshire iron trade carried on by the syndicate of iron-masters of whom William Spencer was one, links up with material in the Spencer Stanhope collection.