RichardB Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 I'm sure I should either know this or know where to look, but, I don't so I'm asking you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunsbyowl1867 Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 I'm sure I should either know this or know where to look, but, I don't so I'm asking you. Will that do? http://www.sheffieldfhs.org.uk/serv_con/st..._portobello.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted July 6, 2009 Author Share Posted July 6, 2009 Will that do? http://www.sheffieldfhs.org.uk/serv_con/st..._portobello.htm Fine, Thank you. Came across a print claiming to be from 1810 - struck me as a bit early. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jeremy Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 St. George's Foundation Ceremony: ORDER OF PROCESSION to be observed in Sheffield In honour of the Coronation of His Most Gracious Majesty King George the Fourth, and for the Ceremony of laying the first stone of the Free Church at the top of Broad Lane, on Thursday, the 19th July 1821. Six Special Constables with white wands, on horseback. Deputy Bailiff of Hallamshire, on horseback. The Artillery. The Second Dragoon Guards with Trumpets and Band. Six Special Constables with white wands, on horseback. The Steward of the Court Leet, on horseback. The Magistrates, on horseback. The Master Cutler, The Town Regent, and the Capital Church Burgess, on horseback. The Two Wardens of The Cutlers' Company, on horseback. Flag with King's Arms The Church Beadles, on foot. The Clergy and Ministers of every denomination. The Beadle of The Cutlers' Company with their flag. The Chaplain and Clerk of the Cutlers' Company. The Present Cutlers' Company. The Town Beadles. The Town Trustees and The Church Burgesses. The Masters and Wardens of the Assay Office. The Royal Brunswick Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons. The different lodges of Oddfellows according to seniority. The Imperial Grand Lodge of Druids. The Local Militia Band. The Architects Building Committee and Churchwardens. The Gentlemen, Merchants, and other inhabitants of the Town and neighbourhood. The various clubs and societies according to seniority. Sixty poor men of the same age, or upwards, of His Majesty, clothed by the committee. The Two Troops of the West Riding Yeomanry Cavalry with Trumpets and Bugles. The Procession will form at the Canal Basin at eleven o'clock to leave at Twelve o'clock precisely. THE ROUTE Through Castle Street, up Angel Street, High Street, Fargate, through Norfolk Row, up Norfolk Street, to the top of Sheffield Moor, up Carver Street, through the top of Rockingham Street, to the site of the new church. THE RETURN Down Broad Lane, up Townhead Street, down Church Street and High Street to the Market Placem and disperse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jeremy Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 From The Gentleman's Magazine, 1833 (http://books.google.com/books?id=rPgRAAAAYAAJ): St. George's Church, Sheffield. Woodhead and Hurst, Architects. THIS edifice is situated on an eminence at the western extremity of the town of Sheffield, and was built by his Majesty's Commissioners out of the public grant. The cost of the building was about 15.000l. The ground on which the Church is built was consecrated as a burial- ground several years previous to the laying of the first stone. This ceremony took place on the 19th July, 1821, the day of his late Majesty's Coronation; and this being the first of the New Churches built in the town, the ceremony was rendered very interesting by a numerous attendance of the principal inhabitants and the public bodies in procession, with several bands of music, and an immense concourse of people. The Church is in the Gothic style, which prevailed about the 14th century, and consists of a handsome tower with clerestory above the nave, two side-ailes, and a neat bold projecting porch. In the interior of the Church are a nave and side-ailes, and spacious galleries supported upon octangular pillars. At the east end, and on each side the altar, are two rooms, a vestry, and robing room. The Church measures 122 feet long, and 67 feet wide, and will contain upwards of 2000 persons, 800 of the sittings being free. The arches which support the clerestory are moulded, and the ceilings thrown into compartments, ornamented with bosses at the intersection of the massive ribs. The organ gallery is placed at the west end, above the other gallery. The great want of Churches in this increasing populous town had been long felt and acknowledged, and to this no doubt is mainly to be attributed the great number of dissenters; for in no town in the kingdom are there more able and zealous divines. The tower of the Church becomes a fine object seen from the surrounding country, and the effect of the other parts of the building, on a near inspection, are pleasing and elegant. This building is from the designs of Messrs. .Woodhead and Hurst, the architects of Christ Church, Doncaster, a view and description of which were given in our yol. c. ii. 489. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted July 18, 2009 Author Share Posted July 18, 2009 A most comprehensive answer, Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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