hackey lad Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 On 08/04/2020 at 10:45, Sheffield History said: I think the council finally managed to get the owners to see sense (or forced them), so it should be developed nicely now.. This hasn't aged well . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponytail Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 This is probably out of date as I understood they were going to finish the course for students. Please correct me if I'm wrong. Sheffield University, Department of Archaeology. Sheffield Castle: the story so far https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/archaeology/sheffield-castle/history Sheffield University, Department of Archaeology. Sheffield Castle. https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/archaeology/sheffield-castle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponytail Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-68277444 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tozzin Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 I remember in the fifties a portion of the castle sticking out of a concrete incline, this was removed in the sixties I believe, in the photo the portion of the wall it was situated just a yard or so before the shown bus stop with the timetable attached, I sure there's a photo of the portion of wall but no mention of it's connection to the castle on picture Sheffield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponytail Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 A Plan of the Tenements, etc., on the Castle Hill in Sheffield demised by the Duke of Norfolk to John Waite. 1769. Surveyor: William Fairbank. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc03422&pos=1&action=zoom&id=98686 The Castle Site showing the Bowling Green and surrounding tenements, with a steep precipice to the Don on the northern side; measurement of the whole; Tenants' names. Also Marked: A Common Foot Road; Pump; Gravel bed; Gardens; Bowling Green occupied by John Nelson; ? Balm; Cheshire Heaton; Widow Blythe, Joseph Manners; Matthew Ward; John Wilson; Wade Burley; Wm Hayffer; John Hurt; Saml Green; John Crowshaw; John Smith; Joshua Wainwright; Saml Wainwright; Saml Shore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponytail Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 Plan of Sheffield Castle about 1700 drawn in the 1930s. Showing the Bowling Green. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;y09509&pos=467&action=zoom&id=64229 Site of Sheffield Castle as shown on Ordnance Survey Map 294.8.12. 1890. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;y06789&pos=383&action=zoom&id=6125 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponytail Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 There are so many different buildings from different ages to excavate if anything remains of them. Cottages, Court No. 1, Castle Hill at the rear of Sheffield Cafe Co. Ltd., Norfolk Castle Refreshment Rooms, Castle Hill, 1913/14. s25746 Information with the photograph: Taken from No.32 Properties to be demolished (Sheffield Local Studies Library: 914.274 SQ). Sheffield Cafe Co. Ltd, Norfolk Castle Dining Rooms were 23, Exchange Street and are shown on photograph y00265 as 2nd floor property at the junction of Castle Hill and Exchange Street. Exchange Street and corner of Castle Hill (left), 1913-1914, No. 15 Exchange Street, William Anson, umbrella manufacturer; No. 17 Maurice Argyle Heathcote, grocer and No. 23 Sheffield Cafe Co. Ltd., Norfolk Castle Dining Rooms. y00265 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeadFarmer Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 I went on an interesting history talk of the castle last night. Wessex archeology are holding tours of the castle site this year, I've booked myself a place. They are also taking bookings for p[eople to join in with the excavation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmund Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 An article in the Tribune: How a Medieval Castle Became a modern City 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponytail Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 Castlegate Park https://youtu.be/ZANKdDXaVuA?si=ef3B1ivvGNH85dkJ https://youtube.com/shorts/WZk0KcNE9II?si=yvyxTfivQCxOD0bQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
History dude Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponytail Posted 15 hours ago Share Posted 15 hours ago Undocumented steelworks unearthed at Sheffield Castle Site. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-68899320 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmund Posted 11 hours ago Share Posted 11 hours ago I'm not sure that the steel furnace was undocumented. The insurance map from 1896 shows a 40 foot cementation cone on the premises of R and J Smith Brothers. This photo appears to be the same cone although the PictureSheffield notes say it's in the Wicker area. ( R and J Smith Brothers Cone ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponytail Posted 11 hours ago Share Posted 11 hours ago 55 minutes ago, Edmund said: I'm not sure that the steel furnace was undocumented. The insurance map from 1896 shows a 40 foot cementation cone on the premises of R and J Smith Brothers. This photo appears to be the same cone although the PictureSheffield notes say it's in the Wicker area. ( R and J Smith Brothers Cone ) Checking on the above photograph, it's Picture Sheffield No. u00917 R and J Smith Brothers Ltd, 51 Bridge Street, photographed by City Engineers Department. Information would more than likely be written on the original photograph, from which the information could have been obtained. Bridge Street, would I think come into the "Wicker" area on the Street Map used to reference the location. Further Information recorded as addition information with the image came from Mark Brocket, "I believe that this company were a wholly owned subsidiary of William Rowland Ltd., certainly around 1938 and were metal processors." Certainly, it would be good to investigate this image further. A check of Street Directories would be useful. I would have thought the Archaeologists had consulted the map previously, perhaps the BBC needs to clarify their report. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponytail Posted 11 hours ago Share Posted 11 hours ago Advertisement for R. and J. Smith Bros. Ltd., iron merchants and metal agents, Castle Hill. 1889. y11912 Image from Sheffield and Neighbourhood (page 39) (printed and published by Pawson and Brailsford, Sheffield, 1889) (Sheffield Local Studies Library: 914.274 S). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponytail Posted 10 hours ago Share Posted 10 hours ago This Map covers the area in question. Sheffield - Wain Gate, Castle Folds, Hay Market and Dixon Lane, c. 1790. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc04278&pos=27&action=zoom&id=105920 Also marked are River Sheaf, Hospital Bridge, River Don, Ladies Bridge and Chandlers Row. Marked: John Ashmore, John Wilkes, William Green, Joshua Wigfull, and Luke Gray. Plan of Castle Hill area showing position of buildings and streets, surveyed 1889. y00870 Taken from 'Sheffield Castle Excavations', by J.B. Himsworth, Local Studies Ref: 914.274 SQ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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