Sheffield Local History Material

Sheffield Local History:
References and On-line Information

Lest I Forget - Lt Eric S. Roberts (NEW).
Coming soon "Extract from the Records of the Burgary of Sheffield" - R.E. Leader
Preview
Under Five Sovereigns; The Story of Joseph Rodgers
The History of Labour in Sheffield S. Pollard (photocopy)
1. Chapter 1
  1. Working Class Conditions
  2. Leisure, Religion and Education
2. Chapter 2 THE SHEFFIELD LIGHT TRADES AT THE ONSET OF THE AGE OF STEAM
Holy Trinity Wicker: Parish Magazine 1907
The Recollections of (Sheffield by) Eliza Lockwood (1822-1896)
History of the Sheffield City Battalion R.A.Sparling - 1920:
- I. ANSWERING THE CALL ...1
- II. DAYS OF AULD LANG SYNE 8
- III. THE EARLY DAYS ABROAD . 18
- IV. FRANCE AT LAST! ...26
- V. THE BAPTISM OF FIRE ...33
- VI. EVE OF THE SOMME BATTLE ...47
- VII. THE GALLANT FIGHT FOR SERRE ...55
- VIII. STRANGE INCIDENTS AND A WINTER'S TALE ...75
- IX. THE ADVANCE ON PUISIEUX .88
- X. ADVENTURES ON Vimy RIDGE 99
- XI. STORMY DAYS OF BLACK MICHAEL ... 116
- Roll of Honour
The Story of St. Philip's Church, Sheffield (A Centenary Record) 1828 -1928
by Canon W. Odom (printed in 1928)
Descriptive Catalogue of Charters, Copy Court Rolls and Deeds (forming part of the Wheat collection) - T. Walter Hall 1920
The Sanitary State of Sheffield - Jan 1872.
A series of articles published in the Sheffield and Rotherham Independent,
Jan 1872. The articles in 11 parts describes the appaling conditions then existing in many parts of the town,
Sheffield in the 18C - R.E.Leader (photocopy)
The Making of Sheffield I865-1914 - J. H. STAINTON
CUTLERY & CUTLERS AT SHEFFIELD - Henry J Palmer - Aug 1884
Illustrated Guide to Sheffield (Pawson & Brailsford 1862)
Sheffield 150 Years Ago - Joseph Woolhouse (cutler) 1832

The Story of Old Attercliffe - G.R. Vine

Reminiscences of Old Sheffield, Its Street & Its People - R.E. Leader, Sheffield 1896

Lists & Indexes

Sheffield Poll Tax April 1692
Sheffield Spring Knife Cutlers Under development.
Lists extracted from History of the Company of Cutlers on Hallamshire - Vol II
- List of Apprentices & Freemen complete
  I consider this to be very significant genealogical source, covering the activities of a major Sheffield trade, spanning several centuries,.
  See sample apprenticship entry in the original records. Related material is the record of trade marks held by the Hallamshire cutlers see sample and the data base of "masters" held by the Sheffield Local Studies Section.
- Cutlers found in Court Rolls
- Cutlers 1614-15
- Cutlers 1624-1630 (that is on Incorporation)
Derbyshire Alehouses, Innes and Taverns 1577
A List of Vills and Freeholders of Derbyshire 1633
List of those fined for not wearing caps to Church 1577
Sheffield at the Front - A Pictoria Souvenir of Local Men Serving in South Africa (Boar War -
1st (Hallre) Vol. Batt York & Lancs Regt. - Officers Mess Copy) See index
Also Sheffield Photo Index database for sample photos.
Peter Harvey's Sheffield see index to photos
A Second Helping of Peter Harvey's Sheffield see index to photos
A Third Helping of Peter Harvey's Sheffield see index to photos
A Century of Sheffield 1835-1935 - David Robins - in 4 folios see index of photographs
The Manor and Parish of Ecclesall - Carolus Paulus Ecclesall Rate Book for the Year 1786
Ridgway - Eckington
History of the Sheffield City Battalion R.A.Sparling - 1920: Roll of Honour
4TH Report of THE COMMISSIONERS (Children's Employment Commission (1862)) (photocopy). (This report is useful not only because of the information on industrial conditions at the time, but also because of the information on individuals provided by the witnesses. ) Index to Witnesses
Harrison's Survey of the Manor of Sheffield - 1637 names index
Various Transactions of the Hunter Archeological Society
Old Heeley: Notes Written by members of the " Heeley's History Workshop"
- see index
- Illustrative edition - Volume 1

Transcriptions on the Moss Valley Site:

Remote Links to Moss Valley Site
Fifty years of Sheffield church life, 1866-1916
by The Rev. W. Odom, Hon. Canon of Sheffield
[includes reminiscences of "old Sheffield" and Heeley, some photos, and many names are
mentioned throughout the text, in addition to a list of subscribers]
The Cutlers' Feast at Sheffield
from The Illustrated London News, 1867 [includes illustration]
The Highways and Byways of Old Sheffield
A lecture delivered by R. E. Leader in 1906
mentioning many places in and around the town
The Great Sheffield Flood
(from the Illustrated London News, 1864)

Last modified on: Thursday, 29 May 2008

Sheffield Local History: References and On-line Information

Lists & Indexes

Transcriptions on the Moss Valley Site:

Sheffield Local History:
References and On-line Information