Sheffield's Victorian History

[SophieK4]

Hi everyone! I'm doing my dissertation on housing available for the working class, middle class and upper class in Victorian (1800 - 1900) England. Its location, style, build and quality! 

If anyone has any pointers into this in Sheffield's history I'd be really interested to research them. Whether that is older buildings around Sheffield, old stories or books. 

Thanks :D 

 

[Old rider]

25 minutes ago, SophieK4 said:

Hi everyone! I'm doing my dissertation on housing available for the working class, middle class and upper class in Victorian (1800 - 1900) England. Its location, style, build and quality! 

If anyone has any pointers into this in Sheffield's history I'd be really interested to research them. Whether that is older buildings around Sheffield, old stories or books. 

Thanks :D 

 

Have a look on the "picture Sheffield" web site. There are lots of pictures of old housing there.

[Edmund]

Here are a couple of Free e-books that may give you a good start

(Vital Statistics of Sheffield 1843 and the Sanatory (sic) Condition of Sheffield 1848)

https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=paNkAAAAcAAJ&dq=vital statistics of sheffield&source=gbs_book_other_versions

https://archive.org/details/b21534354/page/n4

David Hey's "A History of Sheffield" 1998 may also be helpful.

[boginspro]

Chris Hobbs has an extract from "A History of Labour in Sheffield 1850-1939". by Professor S Pollard (formerly of  Sheffield University) which is available an e-book and presumably in the university library ---------     https://www.chrishobbs.com/sheffvicthouse.htm   

[SophieK4]

@boginspro @Edmund@Old rider thank you so much for all your advice, these documents and websites have been so useful!