pet-walkiz Posted January 1, 2007 Share Posted January 1, 2007 when/how did it become sheffield? when was it made a city ? can any one help please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meaks Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 According to Wikipedia: The area that is now the City of Sheffield has been occupied since at least the last ice age, but the settlements that grew to form Sheffield date from the second half of the 1st millennium, and are of Anglo-Saxon and Danish origin. It became a city in 1893. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppins Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 According to Wikipedia: It became a city in 1893. Does a town becaome a City when it has a Cathedral, or is it the other way around ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meaks Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 Something to do with a royal charter I believe. Edit: This explains it. I love Wikipedia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strix Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 there's alot of info here: http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=69 this one's funny: http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=120 briefly: http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=106602 also: http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18987 bored with that - go look yourself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plain Talker Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 Does a town becaome a City when it has a Cathedral, or is it the other way around ? That's generally thought to be the case, but actually, Sheffield became a city in 1893-ish, but the "Parish Church of Paints Peter and Paul" did not get Cathedral status till about 1903/1906 (don't quote me as gospel, on that, but I know it was about 10 yrs or so after) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuppie Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 Hi The Cathedral Church of St Peter and St Paul, Sheffield Formerly a parish church, it was granted cathedral status when the diocese was created in 1914. Regards Tuppie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plain Talker Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 thanks for that, tup, I knew it was a few years after sheffield rec'd its city charter, but could not recall when the actual date of the creation of the Cathedral church was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carcrash Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 There is some evidence that parts of derbyshire had human life before the last ice age. Some human remains were found and they were thought to be 50000 years old. There are a few roman remains around Sheffield and neolithic sites like winkobank hill fort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waltheof Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 It is occasionally thought that there are vestiges of human life in Sheffield... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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