{"id":71,"date":"2021-01-07T08:33:38","date_gmt":"2021-01-07T08:33:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.softeksoftware.co.uk\/nehg\/?page_id=71"},"modified":"2021-02-22T10:00:55","modified_gmt":"2021-02-22T10:00:55","slug":"the-nether-edge-history-group","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.netheredgehistory.org.uk\/nehg\/","title":{"rendered":"The Nether Edge History Group"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"591\" height=\"146\" src=\"http:\/\/www.netheredgehistory.org.uk\/nehg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Screen-Shot-2021-01-23-at-09.26.10-e1611394218672.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-288\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.netheredgehistory.org.uk\/nehg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Screen-Shot-2021-01-23-at-09.26.10-e1611394218672.png 591w, http:\/\/www.netheredgehistory.org.uk\/nehg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Screen-Shot-2021-01-23-at-09.26.10-e1611394218672-300x74.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 591px) 100vw, 591px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>We are a local history group based in south west Sheffield. Founded in the 1980s, the Group has researched, written and published a range of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.netheredgehistory.org.uk\/nehg\/?page_id=61\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"61\">books<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.netheredgehistory.org.uk\/nehg\/?p=459\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"459\">self-guided walk<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.netheredgehistory.org.uk\/nehg\/?page_id=58\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"58\">s<\/a> on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.netheredgehistory.org.uk\/nehg\/?page_id=322\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"322\">development of Nether Edge<\/a> and its people. We also organise <a href=\"http:\/\/www.netheredgehistory.org.uk\/nehg\/?page_id=343\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"343\">guided walks<\/a> of the area, host <a href=\"http:\/\/www.netheredgehistory.org.uk\/nehg\/?page_id=108\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"108\">lectures<\/a> and deliver talks at the Nether Edge Festival. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.netheredgehistory.org.uk\/nehg\/?page_id=337\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"337\">Open meetings<\/a> are held bi-monthly at the Union Hotel, which is also the venue for December\u2019s Traditional <a href=\"http:\/\/www.netheredgehistory.org.uk\/nehg\/?page_id=329\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"329\">Carols<\/a> evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.netheredgehistory.org.uk\/nehg\/?page_id=322\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"322\">here<\/a> to learn more about the history of Nether Edge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a developing web site but here are some of our latest posts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"lcp_catlist\" id=\"lcp_instance_0\"><li ><a href=\"http:\/\/www.netheredgehistory.org.uk\/nehg\/?p=707\" title=\"Loxley: Wanderings in a Curious Valley\">Loxley: Wanderings in a Curious Valley<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nA talk by Peter Machan\n\n\nPart of the Nether Edge Festival\n\n\nThursday 19 September 19:30 &#8211; 21:00\n\n\nFrom Robin Hood to the greatest flood in England&#8217;s history.\u00a0 This fully-illustrated talk is based on Peter&#8217;s recently-published book on the Loxley Valley, featuring the diverse landscape and the historic and dramatic events of Sheffield&#8217;s most curious and least well-known valley.\n\n\nKenwood ...<\/div><\/li><li ><a href=\"http:\/\/www.netheredgehistory.org.uk\/nehg\/?p=705\" title=\"The Stones of Nether Edge\">The Stones of Nether Edge<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nTuesday 17 September 11:00 &#8211; 13:00\n\n\nWalk led by Scott Engering\n\n\nPart of the Nether Edge Festival\n\n\nA walk exploring the different rocks from\n\n\nChelsea Heights\u2019 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.\n\n\nMAXIMUM 24 PEOPLE\n\n\n\u00a35 cash payable on ...<\/div><\/li><li ><a href=\"http:\/\/www.netheredgehistory.org.uk\/nehg\/?p=700\" title=\"Only Hunter&#8217;s Hallamshire?\">Only Hunter&#8217;s Hallamshire?<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nTuesday 16 July at 7.30 in the Kenwood Hall Hotel\n\n\nA talk by Julie Banham\n\n\n\u00a35 on the door\n\n\nJoseph Hunter (1783 \u2013 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).&nbsp; The Hunter Archaeological Society, which studies and ...<\/div><\/li><li ><a href=\"http:\/\/www.netheredgehistory.org.uk\/nehg\/?p=679\" title=\"Sweet Remembrance\">Sweet Remembrance<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nThe Confectioners of Sheffield General Cemetery\n\n\n\n\n\nSweet Remembrance: The Confectioners of Sheffield General Cemetery\n\n\nDate \u2013 Tuesday 23rd&nbsp;January 2024, 7.30 \u2013 8.45pm\n\n\nCost \u2013 \u00a35 (cash only on the door, no online booking)\n\n\nVenue \u2013 Kenwood Hall Hotel, Kenwood Rd, S7 1NQ\n\n\nConfectioner researcher, Andrew Littlewood, will shed light on the stories of some Sheffield confectioners who now rest in ...<\/div><\/li><li ><a href=\"http:\/\/www.netheredgehistory.org.uk\/nehg\/?p=676\" title=\"Walk and Talk in September\">Walk and Talk in September<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nAs 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&#8230;\n\n\nPus and Prejudice\n\n\nIn 1721 the remarkable Mary Wortley Montagu inspired a medical revolution. Her mission: to prevent the horrors of smallpox by introducing inoculation from ...<\/div><\/li><li ><a href=\"http:\/\/www.netheredgehistory.org.uk\/nehg\/?p=669\" title=\"New talks and a guided walk for 2023 by the Nether Edge History Group\">New talks and a guided walk for 2023 by the Nether Edge History Group<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nWe are pleased to announce two new talks and a new guided walk.\n\n\nOn the 12th July, at 7.30 in the Kenwood Hotel, Anne, The Bustle Lady will be talking about \u2018The Wonders of Gas\u2019, in which she will include our sewer gas powered lamp. Anne is a historian specialising in the mid to late Victorian ...<\/div><\/li><li ><a href=\"http:\/\/www.netheredgehistory.org.uk\/nehg\/?p=645\" title=\"Misc Images\">Misc Images<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nImages that haven&#8217;t yet been sorted.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/li><li ><a href=\"http:\/\/www.netheredgehistory.org.uk\/nehg\/?p=641\" title=\"Netheredge Hospital\">Netheredge Hospital<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nPhotographs and drawings relating to the site of the former Netheredge Hospital and Workhouse\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/li><li ><a href=\"http:\/\/www.netheredgehistory.org.uk\/nehg\/?p=638\" title=\"Wilson&#8217;s Snuff Mill\">Wilson&#8217;s Snuff Mill<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nPhotographs of items from Wilson&#8217;s Snuff Mill, Sharrowvale.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/li><li ><a href=\"http:\/\/www.netheredgehistory.org.uk\/nehg\/?p=635\" title=\"Netheredge and Sharrow Streets\">Netheredge and Sharrow Streets<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nVarious photos and postcards of the streets in Netheredge and Sharrow.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are a local history group based in south west Sheffield. 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