Nether Edge History GroupA talk by Peter Machan Part of the Nether Edge Festival Thursday 19 September 19:30 – 21:00 From Robin Hood to the greatest flood in England’s history. This fully-illustrated talk is based on Peter’s recently-published book on the Loxley Valley, featuring the diverse landscape and the historic and dramatic events of Sheffield’s most curious and […]
Tuesday 17 September 11:00 – 13:00 Walk led by Scott Engering Part of the Nether Edge Festival A walk exploring the different rocks from Chelsea Heights’ Brincliffe Edge Rock quarry face (in the old Baldwin Omega car park), along Chelsea Rd and down Union Rd. to outside the Kenwood Hall Hotel on Kenwood Rd. MAXIMUM […]
Tuesday 16 July at 7.30 in the Kenwood Hall Hotel A talk by Julie Banham £5 on the door Joseph Hunter (1783 – 1861) was a Unitarian Minister and antiquarian best known for his book Hallamshire. The History and Topography of the Parish of Sheffield in the County of York (1819). The Hunter Archaeological Society, […]
The Confectioners of Sheffield General Cemetery Sweet Remembrance: The Confectioners of Sheffield General Cemetery Date – Tuesday 23rd January 2024, 7.30 – 8.45pm Cost – £5 (cash only on the door, no online booking) Venue – Kenwood Hall Hotel, Kenwood Rd, S7 1NQ Confectioner researcher, Andrew Littlewood, will shed light on the stories of some Sheffield […]
As part of HODS week and the Nether Edge Festival we have a walk on the theme of Creative Women of Nether Edge and a talk on Mary Wortley Montagu titled… Pus and Prejudice In 1721 the remarkable Mary Wortley Montagu inspired a medical revolution. Her mission: to prevent the horrors of smallpox by introducing […]
We are pleased to announce two new talks and a new guided walk. On the 12th July, at 7.30 in the Kenwood Hotel, Anne, The Bustle Lady will be talking about ‘The Wonders of Gas’, in which she will include our sewer gas powered lamp. Anne is a historian specialising in the mid to late […]
Images that haven’t yet been sorted.
Photographs and drawings relating to the site of the former Netheredge Hospital and Workhouse
Photographs of items from Wilson’s Snuff Mill, Sharrowvale.
Various photos and postcards of the streets in Netheredge and Sharrow.