Timeline of Sheffield history

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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 incorporated into the city did not occur until the industrial revolution.

Contents

Early history

1000–1099

1100–1199

1200–1299

1300–1399

1400–1499

1500–1599

1600–1699

1700–1799

1800–1899

1900–1999

2000–present

References and notes

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  12. There is an error of two years in most entries from 754 to 845. Thus, this entry is dated 827 in the chronicle. See Swanton, Michael (1996). The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. New York: Routledge. pp. 46, note 6. ISBN   0-415-92129-5.
  13. According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle 'Here Edmund King, ruler of Angles, protector of clansmen, Mercia obtained, dear deed-doer, as Dor divideth: gate of the white well, and Humber's river, broad sea stream.' See "The Geographical or Ethnological Position of Sheffield as regards Dialect" in Addy A Glossary of Words Used in the Neighbourhood of Sheffield, pp. xxviii–xxxiv and Beaven, Murray L. R. (January 1918). "King Edmund I and the Danes of York". The English Historical Review. 33 (129): 1–9. doi:10.1093/ehr/XXXIII.CXXIX.1.
  14. Hunter, Hallamshire, p. 20
  15. Hunter, Hallamshire, p. 22
  16. 1 2 3 4 5 6 David Hey, Medieval South Yorkshire
  17. 1 2 3 4 Harman & Minnis, Sheffield, pp. 45–56
  18. Tanner, Thomas (1695). Notitia monastica: A short history of the religious houses in England and Wales.
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  20. Charter to the Town of Sheffield, 10 August 1297
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  22. Hunter, Hallamshire, p. 128.
  23. Historic England. "Old Queen's Head Public House (1247088)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 29 November 2008.
  24. According to an agreement from 1485 quoted in Hunter, Hallamshire, pp.193–194 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"
  25. Harman & Minnis, Sheffield, p. 242
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  27. 1 2 3 Clyde Binfield et al., The History of the City of Sheffield 1843–1993: Volume I: Politics
  28. 1 2 3 Binfield, Clyde; Hey, David (1997). Mesters to Masters: A History of the Company of Cutlers in Hallamshire. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN   0-19-828997-9.
  29. Hunter, Hallamshire, "Chapter VII: The Removal of the Lords of the Manor—The Civil Wars"
  30. Taylor, Illustrated Guide to Sheffield, "The Civil Wars".
  31. Vickers, Old Sheffield Town, p. 13
  32. Manning, John Edmondson (1900). A History of Upper Chapel, Sheffield. Sheffield: The Independent Press Limited.
  33. Taylor, Illustrated Guide to Sheffield, pp. 77–78.
  34. 1 2 Harman & Minnis, Sheffield, pp. 113–114.
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  42. 1 2 3 4 Britannica 1910.
  43. Harman & Minnis, Sheffield, p. 57
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  45. Batty, Rail Centres: Sheffield, p. 30
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  47. Harrison, Samuel (1865). A Complete History of the Great Flood at Sheffield on March 11 & 12, 1864. Sheffield: Sheffield Times. ISBN   0-904293-01-7.
  48. Batty, Rail Centres: Sheffield, pp. 38–40
  49. Ruth Harman and John Minnis, Pevsner Architectural Guides: Sheffield, p.149
  50. Twidale, Graham H. E. (1995). A Nostalgic Look At Sheffield Trams Since 1950. Peterborough: Silver Link Publishing, Limited. p. 2. ISBN   1-85794-040-7.
  51. Historic England. "Town Hall (1246902)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 28 February 2008.
  52. 1 2 Harman & Minnis, Sheffield, p. 103
  53. Harman & Minnis, Sheffield, p. 67
  54. Eden, Philip. "THE SHEFFIELD GALE OF 1962" (PDF). Royal Meteorological Society. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  55. Harman & Minnis, Sheffield, p. 82
  56. 1 2 Harman & Minnis, Sheffield, pp. 74–76.
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  59. "Stannington: Major incident declared as homes still without gas". BBC News. BBC. 8 December 2022. Retrieved 10 December 2022.

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