lee1112 Posted October 30, 2007 Share Posted October 30, 2007 anyone know the seven hills of sheffield and there order, and is the hill near birley school(the cowie) with trig point on it in the seven hills? Cheers Lee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex3659 Posted October 30, 2007 Share Posted October 30, 2007 google seven hills sheffield. theres actually 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee1112 Posted October 30, 2007 Author Share Posted October 30, 2007 Yes i have seen that but didn't know if it was correct. i'v been trying to find some info on the hill at Birley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuppie Posted November 6, 2007 Share Posted November 6, 2007 Birley can't be part of the seven hills of Sheffield as it was in Derbyshire until 1967. Birley and Hackenthorpe were in the parish of Beighton. Tuppie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
algy Posted November 6, 2007 Share Posted November 6, 2007 There are a number of previous threads on this subject that go on at great length, but the truth is it's a myth, unfortunately believed by the numpties who've named the new retail quarter:loopy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muddycoffee Posted November 6, 2007 Share Posted November 6, 2007 It is really 7 rivers, and people have got it confused with 7 hills in my view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRedWizard Posted November 6, 2007 Share Posted November 6, 2007 I wouldn't say it's a myth at such, but it would be damn near impossible to judge which seven hills were considered part of the city when the idea arose without more research. The earliest reference I've come across is from around 1920ish, in a local newspaper. The earliest widely-published reference to it was Orwell's in 1936. It was either widely accepted that Sheffield was indeed built on seven hills, or it had becoming a running joke/throwaway comment: 'just like Rome'. I think it was probably the former originally, if it was in widespread usage, which it seems to have been, and perhaps then become the latter. Of course it's not applicable now (and you would have endless arguments about which are being alluded to - the historical research just isn't conclusive), but the pattern of urban development/spread as the city grew in the C19th would have meant that at some point it would have been feasible to describe the city as being on seven of the hills marked here: http://mdfs.net/Docs/Sheffield/Hills/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syrup Posted November 6, 2007 Share Posted November 6, 2007 The new Shopping Complex being built in the centre of Sheffield is to be called The Seven Hills or so it is rumored?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muddycoffee Posted November 6, 2007 Share Posted November 6, 2007 The new Shopping Complex being built in the centre of Sheffield is to be called The Seven Hills or so it is rumored?? It will be called SEVENSTONE And to be quite honest it looks brilliant. You can look around the Architect's website to get a feel for it here, http://www.sevenstone.co.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syrup Posted November 6, 2007 Share Posted November 6, 2007 It will be called SEVENSTONE And to be quite honest it looks brilliant. You can look around the Architect's website to get a feel for it here, http://www.sevenstone.co.uk Thanks for that i should have checked first. ( Gullible me ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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