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By the 14th century Sheffield was renowned for knife production, and by the early 1600s had become England's main centre of cutlery manufacture outside of London. However, the loss of some important export markets led to a recession in the late 18th and early 19th century, and the resulting poor conditions culminated in a cholera epidemic that killed 402 people in 1832.
Our focus is the area encompassed by the boundaries of the modern day City of Sheffield and includes some places that were once in North Derbyshire. We are a member of the national Family History Federation and one of three family history societies that between us cover the whole of South Yorkshire, the southern part of England’s largest county.
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This timeline of Sheffield history summarises key events in the history of Sheffield, a city in England. The origins of the city can be traced back to the founding of a settlement in a clearing beside the River Sheaf in the second half of the 1st millennium AD. The area had seen human occupation since at least the last ice age, but significant ...
Nov 2, 2022 · Sheffield History Member. 565. Posted November 8, 2022. My wife's Evans ancestors owned Joseph Evans & Sons Ltd Toolmakers. Joseph Evans was born at Wednesbury, Staffs in 1824 but moved to Sheffield about 1848 with his brothers Aaron, Thomas, William & David. Joseph married Emma Grainger in 1848 just before moving to Sheffield.
Jul 20, 2017 · Sheffield's steel-making history unearthed. 20 July 2017. Wessex Archeaology. The recent dig at Hollis Croft in Sheffield has uncovered an early furnace. A glimpse of a city's steel-making past ...
Mar 6, 2012 · Sheffield’s history is, of course, closely allied to the story of industrial Britain, but events of national importance have not passed the city by. At Dore, for instance, now one of Sheffield’s prettiest suburbs, King Egbert of Mercia was proclaimed King of England in the year 828.
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