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Edgebrook Cottage

Photos of Edgebrook Cottage, Netheredge, Sheffield. Date unknown. One of the photos has “Home of the Smiths” written on the reverse.

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Brincliffe Towers Photographs

Interior and exterior photos of Brincliffe Towers (in Chelsea Park, Sheffield) taken at a date yet to be determined.

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Union Carols December 2022

The Union Hotel in Nether Edge was once against the venue for the Sheffield Carols hosted by the Nether Edge History Group. Simon Dumpleton on keyboard and soloists John Little and Neil Cardwell.

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Old Sharrow (book) Photos

A collection of images used in the Old Sharrow book.

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Workhouse & Hospital History Board

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Heart of Nether Edge History Board

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Nether Edge Farmer’s Market

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Housing the Upwardly Mobile

A Nether Edge History Walk around the Montgomery Estate. The walk starts on Brincliffe Edge Road, opposite the gas lamp at the top of Union Road. There are no steep sections after the initial ascent to the meeting point. Our route covers the area around Brincliffe Edge and the Montgomery Land Society Estate, which was […]

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William Bragge F.S.A, F.G.A. and Shirle Hill

A man of many parts. by Pril Rishbeth We have to thank William Bragge for the Shirle Hill house that we see today. His first Sheffield home was in Collegiate Crescent but In 1865 he bought a modest Georgian house from John Brown, who’d moved to his grandiose new home, Endcliffe Hall. With the help […]

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Shirle Hill, William Bragge and the Emperor of Brazil

by Pril Rishbeth In one of 3 boxes of items concerning William Bragge of Shirle Hill, now held in Sheffield City Archives, is an intriguing letter. It describes the visit of the Emperor of Brazil to William on 8 August 1871. I quote it in full. Written on 8 August 1871 When some of the […]