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The Ancient Parish of SHEFFIELD
[Transcribed information mainly from the early 1820s]
"SHEFFIELD, a market and parish-town, in the upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Hallamshire; 6 miles Rotherham, 12 from Chesterfield, (Derbys.) 13¾ from Penistone, 14 from Barnsley, 16 from Bakewell, 18 from Doncaster and Worksop, (Notts.) 20 from Bawtry, 24 from Mansfield, (Notts.) 24 from Buxton, (Derbys.) by Middleton, and 28 by Bakewell, 55 from York, 162 from London. Markets, Tuesday and Saturday. Fairs, Tuesday in Trinity Week, and November 28, for horses, horned cattle, &c. Bankers, Messrs. Morland and Co. 50, Pall Mall; Sheffield and Rotherham Bank, Messrs. Walkers, Eyre, and Stanley, draw on Messrs. Everett, and Co. 9, Mansion House Street; Messrs, Rimington, and Youngs, draw on Messrs. Masterman, Peters, and Co. 2, White Hart Court, Lombard Street. Principal Inns, Tontine, Angel, Commercial, and Kings Head Hotel. Pop. 42,157. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Peter, or the Holy Trinity, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, £12. 15s. 2½d. Patron, the Rev. Thomas Sutton. Here are also three Churches, viz. St. Pauls Church built in 1740, in Norfolk Street; St. James' Church, erected in 1788 in the Vicar's Croft, to both these Churches the Vicar of Sheffield is Patron. Here is also a Chapel at the Duke of Norfolk's Hospital, opened in 1777, in which service is celebrated daily: the Rev. Wm. Downs is curate and governor, and the Rev. Thomas Robinson, officiating curate." (There is further information for Sheffield).Information on the following places in this Parish is contained on a supplementary page.
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[Description(s) edited from various 19th century sources by Colin Hinson © 2013]
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- Sheffield Archives hold many records for the area. Details of opening hours, research services, address and phone number etc. are to be found on their website.
- Brief details of most of their holdings and full lists of some collections are available on the Access to Archives website.
- There are transcriptions (by "Amanda") of the following on the Moss Valley site:
- " Fifty Years of Sheffield Church Life, 1866-1916" by Rev. William Odom,
- The various chapters include reminiscences of "old Sheffield" and contain many names throughout of clergy and lay people - in fact there is an indexed list of names as the final 'chapter', although these were subscribers to the book rather than names mentioned in the text.
- An article from the Illustrated London News about the Cutlers' Feast of 1867 in Sheffield, with an illustration
- The Highways and Byways of Old Sheffield, by R. E. Leader
- The Great Sheffield Flood (Illustrated London News, 1864)
- The First Railway between Manchester and Sheffield - An illustrated history of the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne & Manchester Railway.
- " Fifty Years of Sheffield Church Life, 1866-1916" by Rev. William Odom,
- Here are photographs of cemeteries etc. in the parish:
- Wardsend in need of some work to make it even reasonable!
- Wardsend Cemetery, View 1..
- Wardsend Cemetery, View 2..
- Wardsend Cemetery, View 3..
- Wardsend Cemetery, View 4..
- Crookes Cemetery
- Crookes Cemetery, View 1..
- Crookes Cemetery, View 2..
- Crookes Cemetery, View 3..
- The Cemetery Chapel, Burngreave.
- City Road Cemetery
- A plan of City road Cemetery, Sheffield.
- Looking towards block c4, City Road Cemetery.
- Block D, City Road Cemetery (view 1).
- Block D, City Road Cemetery (view 2).
- Block E and the Crematorium, City Road Cemetery.
- Block K, City Road Cemetery.
- Block P, City Road Cemetery.
- Block Q, City Road Cemetery.
- Block R, City Road Cemetery.
- Block S, City Road Cemetery.
- Darnall Cemetery:
- Darnall Cemetery, view 1.
- Darnall Cemetery, view 2.
- Wardsend in need of some work to make it even reasonable!
- Sheffield Indexers have transcribed the burial records for City Road Cemetery (searchable).
- Sheffield Indexers host the on-line Burngreave Cemetery Records for The Friends of Burngreave who are doing the transcriptions along with the volunteers from the Sheffield Indexers. Burngreave Cemetery was originally known as the Brightside Bierlow Cemetery and was established in 1860.
- The Friends of Burngreave Chapel & Cemetery group was set up "to make the cemetery and chapel buildings accessible to everybody and to educate and enlighten visitors into not only its history, but its wildlife, trees and plants, which overlap and interact."
- Sheffield Records On Line hosts approx. 11,000 records from Burngreave Cemetery. These records pertain to purchased graves only, and no additional updates will be applied.
- The Sheffield General Cemetery site (not the City Cemetery) contains details on some of their burials. Their first burials date from 1837. To get to the burials, choose Resources from the left menu, then go to burial details. Please also see the Sheffield Records Online site who are adding the later years missing from the Cemetery's site.
- An index to the 1841 census for Sheffield has been transcribed by The Sheffield Indexers.
- An index to the 1841, 1851 and 1861 Sheffield censuses is being transcribed by Sheffield Records Online.
- An index to the 1871 census for Sheffield is being transcribed by a group co-ordinated by Gordon Cambell. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated - please see the web-site.
- For help re census & historical information, send an email to Sheffield Local Studies Library (Surrey Street)
- Photographs of churches in the Sheffield area.
Over the years, the boundaries of the County of Yorkshire have changed, especially to the south of Sheffield. Included below you will find churches that were in Ancient Parishes in the county of Derbyshire which are now in the county of South Yorkshire, as well as those that were always in Yorkshire. - Photographs of Church of England Churches ("Churches of the establishment") within the ancient parish of Sheffield.
- Photographs of Methodist, Baptist and Roman Catholic Churches within the ancient parish of Sheffield.
- Photographs of Churches of other denominations within the ancient parish of Sheffield.
- Photographs of churches in the parish of Norton, anciently in the county of Derbyshire.
- Photographs of churches in the parishes of Beighton and Eckington, anciently in the county of Derbyshire.
- The following Churches have their own web sites:
- The Arbourthorne Community Church meets in the Spires youth centre, which is on the Myrtle Springs school campus.
- There are internal photographs and a short history of All Saints Church, the Parish Church of Ecclesall.
- A transcription of Sheffield General Baptist Church History
- A transcription of Sheffield Townhead Baptist Church History
- A transcription of Sheffield Portmahon Baptist Church History
- A transcription of Sheffield Cemetery Road Baptist Church History
- A transcription of Sheffield Glossop Road Baptist Church History
- A transcription of Attercliffe Baptist Church History
- A transcription of Walkley Freedom Street Baptist Church History
- A transcription of Hillsborough Baptist Church History
- A transcription of Sheffield Darnall Road Baptist Church History
- A transcription of Norton Woodseats Baptist Church History
- A transcription of Crookes Baptist Church History
- A transcription of Sheffield Penistone Road Baptist Church History
- A transcription of Sheffield Crowle Baptist Church History
- A transcription of Dronfield Baptist Church History
- A transcription of Sheffield New Whittington Baptist Church History
- A transcription of the Brightside Darnall Congregational Church History
- A transcription of the Sheffield-Attercliffe Congregational Church History
- A transcription of the Attercliffe-Zion Chapel Congregational Church History
- A transcription of the Sheffield-Afterwards Upper Chapel Congregational Church History
- A transcription of the Sheffield-Nether Chapel Congregational Church History
- A transcription of the Sheffield-Howard Street Congregational Church History
- A transcription of the Sheffield-Leecroft Chapel Congregational Church History
- A transcription of the Sheffield-Queen Street Congregational Church History
- A transcription of the Sheffield-Garden Street Congregational Church History
- A transcription of the Sheffield-Wicker Chapel Congregational Church History
- A transcription of the Sheffield-Cemetery Road Congregational Church History
- A transcription of the Sheffield -Tabernacle Congregational Church History
- A transcription of the Sheffield -Broom-Park Congregational Church History
- A transcription of the Sheffield-Ecclesfield Congregational Church History
- A transcription of the Sheffield-Fulwood Congregational Church History
- A transcription of the Sheffield-Loxley Congregational Church History
- A transcription of the Sheffield-Stannington Congregational Church History
- Transcript of the entry for Sheffield in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
- Transcript of the entry for Sheffield Saint James in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
- Transcript of the entry for Sheffield St Paul in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
- Transcript of the entry for Sheffield Saint Mary in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
- Transcript of the entry for Sheffield St George in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
- Transcript of the entry for Sheffield Saint Philip in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
- Transcript of the entry for Attercliffe in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
- Transcript of the entry for Ecclesall in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
- The Sheffield Indexers have transcribed various registers for Sheffield parish, including non-conformist registers and parishes anciently in the county of Derbyshire. For lists of these please see:
- The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of Sheffield.
- The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Attercliffe.
- The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Ecclesall.
- The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Sheffield St George.
- The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Sheffield St James.
- The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Sheffield St Mary.
- The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Sheffield St Paul.
- The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Sheffield St Philip.
- The List of Vicars in St. Paul's Church, Norton Lees.
- Here are 2 photographs of the town hall:
- Sheffield Town Hall, circa 1900.
- Sheffield Town Hall, in 2000.
- Here is a photograph of The Cutlers' Hall, Sheffield.
- Sheffield University A Description of the Borough and Parish of Sheffield, 1852.
- A transcipt of the following can be found on the Sheffield Records Online site:
- 1787 Gales & Martin Directory of Sheffield
- 1791 Universal British Directory
- 1811 Holden's London & Country Directory.
- 1833 White's History & Directory of Sheffield
- 1841 Pigot's National & Commercial
- 1911 White's Directory of Sheffield & Rotherham
- 1919 Whites Sheffield District Directory
- 1925 Kelly's Directory of Sheffield & Rotherham (in progress).
- A transcipt of the following can be found on the Sheffield Indexers site:
- 1787 Gales & Martin Directory of Sheffield
- 1791 Universal British Directory
- 1825 Gell's Directory of Sheffield
- 1828-1829 Pigot's Commercial Directory
- 1833 White's History & Directory of Sheffield
- 1837 White's Directory of Sheffield & Rotherham
- 1841 Henry & Thos. Rodgers Sheffield & Rotherham Directory
- 1846 Slater's Directory of Sheffield
- 1862 Drake's Directory of Rotherham & District
- 1871 White's Directory of Sheffield & District
- 1905 White's Directory of Sheffield & Rotherham
- 1911 White's Directory of Sheffield & Rotherham
- Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the Baines's Directory and Gazetteer, Vol I, West Riding.
- Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the Pigot's 1829 Directory, Yorkshire section.
- Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the Pigot's 1834 Directory, Yorkshire section.
- List of Subscribers to an 1889 reprint of a Directory of Sheffield from 1787.
- Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in Whites Directory of Sheffield of 1852.
- There is further information about this parish from the Pigot's 1829 Directory, Yorkshire section.
- There is further information about this parish from the Pigot's 1834 Directory, Yorkshire section.
- There is further information about this parish from the National Gazetteer 1868, Yorkshire extracts.
- There is further information about this parish from the Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England, Yorkshire extracts.
- There is further information about this parish from the Stephen Whatley's Gazetteer 1750, Yorkshire extracts.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Sheffield to another place.
- The SHEFFIELD Mailing List is an unmoderated Family History list administrated by Gordon Cambell, dedicated to the genealogy and history of the Sheffield and Rotherham areas. The scope of this list covers the same areas as those covered by the Sheffield FHS and the Rotherham FHS.
- The Sheffield Records Online GenSearch database has been designed to contain the names and basic details of those people in your family tree who have a Sheffield or Sheffield-related connection, including nearby areas such as Rotherham and Ecclesfield.
- The Sheffield Indexers have an increasing amount of data on line for the Sheffield area.
- Here are old photographs and drawing of places etc. in the parish:
- The Toll Bar, Brungreave Road, Pitsmoor.
- Carbrook Hall, Attercliffe was the home of the Bright family.
- An old drawing of Ecclesall Hall and the pedastal of the Banner Cross, Ecclesall.
- Karen Turner has transcribed some details of The Great Hurricane in Sheffield 1873 from the Sheffield and Rotherham Independent, 17 December 1873, and also some extracts from the Gentleman's magazine dealing with storms from the early 1800s.
- A transcription of the Brightside Darnall Congregational Church History
- A transcription of the Sheffield-Attercliffe Congregational Church History
- A transcription of the Attercliffe-Zion Chapel Congregational Church History
- A transcription of the Sheffield-Afterwards Upper Chapel Congregational Church History
- A transcription of the Sheffield-Nether Chapel Congregational Church History
- A transcription of the Sheffield-Howard Street Congregational Church History
- A transcription of the Sheffield-Leecroft Chapel Congregational Church History
- A transcription of the Sheffield-Queen Street Congregational Church History
- A transcription of the Sheffield-Garden Street Congregational Church History
- A transcription of the Sheffield-Wicker Chapel Congregational Church History
- A transcription of the Sheffield-Cemetery Road Congregational Church History
- A transcription of the Sheffield -Tabernacle Congregational Church History
- A transcription of the Sheffield -Broom-Park Congregational Church History
- A transcription of the Sheffield-Ecclesfield Congregational Church History
- A transcription of the Sheffield-Fulwood Congregational Church History
- A transcription of the Sheffield-Loxley Congregational Church History
- A transcription of the Sheffield-Stannington Congregational Church History
- The 1873 Return of Land Owners for Sheffield from Sheffield Records online. This index contains all those records for land owners in Sheffield, Rotherham, Ecclesfield and surrounding areas
- For a detailed map of this parish see this parish boundaries map.
- For a more detailed map of the parishes in the riding please see the Yorkshire parish maps page.
- For a more detailed map of the county please see the Yorkshire map page.
- Here is a map showing the wapentakes for the county.
- There is a good map on the Wikipedia site showing the boundaries of the townships which formed the parish of Sheffield in 1832.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK355875 (Lat/Lon: 53.38316, -1.467762), Sheffield which are provided by:
- OpenStreetMap
- Google Maps
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- Old Maps Online
- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Here is a photograph of the War Memorial Inscription, on the Town Hall, Sheffield.
- The War Memorial Plaque on the wall of St. Mathew's Church, Sheffield.
- The World War I Memorial Plaque in Christ Church, Heeley.
- The World War I Memorial Plaque in St. Mary's Church
- The War Memorial in the Churchyard at Christ Church.
- The War Memorial at Handsworth, Sheffield.
- The World War I and II Memorial at Mosbrough.
- The following places are within the boundaries of this (ancient) parish, but I have no further information on them other than the Ordnance Survey Landranger Grid reference shown:
- (SK327823) Abbeydale
- (SK317808) Abbeydale Park
- (SK373857) Arbourthorne
- (SK284844) Bassett
- (SK385907) Brightside
- (SK331851) Brincliffe
- (SK335843) Carter Knowle
- (SK357907) Fir Vale
- (SK286860) Lodge Moor
- (SK354855) Lowfield
- (SK326893) Malinbridge
- (SK385857) Manor Estate
- (SK378867) Manor Park
- (SK330833) Millhouses
- (SK340845) Nether Edge
- (SK319835) Parkhead
- (SK349892) Parkwood Springs
- (SK357894) Pitsmoor
- (SK368843) Rollestone
- (SK341857) Sharrow
- (SK349904) Shirecliffe
- (SK370865) Sheffield Park
- (SK325870) Tapton Hill
- (SK312828) Whirlow Brook
- (SK330887) Walkley Bank
- There is a Contact Column in the Sheffield Star newspaper, to find lost friends & relatives (no charge)- write to:
- The Sheffield Star,
John Highfield's Contact Column,
York Street,
Sheffield,
S1 1UP
S.Yorkshire.
- The Sheffield Star,
- Here is an article on the (mainly) Sheffield Horn, Bone, Tusk, Antler and Hoof industry
- 2 databases relating to Sheffield cutlers (Master and Apprentice) have been provided by Sheffield Records Online.
- An illustrated 1866 article decribing the grinding trades in Sheffield, and in particular how working conditions affected the health and life expectancy of the workers
- Sheffield Records Online provide a searchable online database of those from Sheffield, Rotherham, Ecclesfield and surroundings who have a Will or Administration. Full probate index text is available and the database is searchable by a combination of surname, forename, year of death and abode.
- Glenn Piper has produced a list of Sheffield Area Athletes, c1906-1920, taken from several sources.
- Hillsborough and Owlerton Local History Group
- The TiltHammer website (now on Archive.org) was a gateway to local history groups and societies in Sheffield and the surrounding area.
- This parish is covered by the following Society:
- A list of those paying the 1379 Subsidy Rolls (Poll Tax) for this parish.
- An online database listing all those from Sheffield and surroundings who voted in the 1835 West Riding Poll and also those who voted in the 1848 West Riding Poll. Searchable by surname, forename and abode from Sheffield Records Online.