Related top topics

Leeds

York

Kingston upon Hull

Newcastle upon Tyne

Manchester

City of Bradford

Bristol

Derby

City of Leeds

Leicester

Crosspool

History of Sheffield

Sheffield Cathedral

Sheffield Hallam University

Attercliffe

Did you know ...

• the King Mojo Club in Sheffield, run by Peter Stringfellow, hosted the Small Faces' first gig outside London?
• the body of Spence Broughton remained hanging in a gibbet on Attercliffe Common, near Sheffield, for 36 years after his execution for robbery in 1792?
• the first ever golden goal was scored in the Cromwell Cup final at Bramall Lane, Sheffield in 1868, giving Sheffield Wednesday a 1-0 victory?
• the first professional football team, The Zulus, was established in Sheffield, England in 1879?
• one Prior of Ecclesfield (priory pictured), near Sheffield in England, was accused by Benedictine authorities of "embezzlement of the priory's goods" and of living an "evil life"?
• after losing his European Parliament seat, Roger Barton set up a group offering llama-trekking to young people from Sheffield?
• Isaac Ironside, a politician in Sheffield, attempted to implement ideas originating from Robert Owen and from Toulmin Smith's localist theories?
• Mary Anne Rawson (pictured) helped in the anti-slavery campaign that reduced the sale of sugar from the West Indies in Sheffield?
• Shire Brook in Sheffield, England, was part of the boundary between Yorkshire and Derbyshire for 900 years?
• Ebenezer Rhodes (pictured), Sheffield's Master Cutler, was declared bankrupt after losing money publishing books about Derbyshire?