Fluffy Bunny Boy Posted December 16, 2005 Share Posted December 16, 2005 hi dogbox! im following you mate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grahame Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 I have been to the library today and this is what they have on the Seven Hills. In 1989the book “Sheffield Today” by H.D. Watts, P.A. Smithson, P.E. White included a map on page 42 which identified the seven hills as: 1. Stannington Ridge. 2. Loxley Ridge. 3. Shirecliffe (Pitsmoor Ridge) 4. Norfolk Park Ridge. 5. Greenhill Ridge 6. Ecclesall Ridge 7. Hallam Ridge. The “Seven Hills” is rather fanciful and this list need not be accepted as authoritive. In 1991 during the preparation for the World Student Games it was announced in the Star 19 July 1991 that the organisers hoped to set bonfires ablaze on Sheffield’s seven hills as the Games flame was lit at the Don Valley Stadium on 14 July. A phone call to the Recreation Dept. resulted in the following initial list mainly based around the rivers. 1. Loxley/Wadsley Common 2. Stannington 3. Crookes 4. Greystones/Ringinglow 5. Norton/Gleedless 6. Wincobank 7. Shirecliffe The Recreation Dept. said that one of the bonfires would be at Fox Lane Birley. This was a political decision. Other hills which may have qualified were in the Meersbrook, Skyedge, Norfolk Park areas. They admitted that licence had to be exercised to fit the stereotype of “Seven Hills.” In the absence of a definitive list is it possible to take a fresh look and see if anything can be worked out? The World Student Games struck a chord for me, and it must be possible to find seven promontories that can be seen from the top of the town Hall (Vulcan) that would provide the setting for a ring of fire around the city centre if all beacons were lit at the same time? What do people think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grahame Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 Some of these places are outside the early Sheffield boundary unfortunately: WINCOBANK HILL. Outside Sheffield before 1900 LOXLEY COMMON. Outside Sheffield before 1974 STANNINGTON. Outside Sheffield before 1974 Places that were in Sheffield are: SHIRECLIFFE. Inside Sheffield since Medaeval times as Brightside Bierlow HALLAM HEAD. Inside Sheffield since Medeval times as Upper Hallam. RININGLOW. Inside Sheffield since Medaeval times as Ecclesall Bierlow. MANNOR TOP. Inside Sheffield since Medeval times as Sheffield Township. This leaves perhaps Crookes (Bole Hills or the top of Lydgate Lane which is seen from further away?), Skyedge, and Handsworth Hill, (High Hazles Park) Darnall. These would make seven. Any suggestions anyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcunited Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 twinned with rome aparently lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grahame Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 These are the roads in Sheffield with "Hill" in their name for referance. Acorn Hill Acres Hill Lane Acres Hill Road Alms Hill Crescent Bakers Hill Beaver Hill Road Beech Hill Road Bent Hills Lane Bishop Hill Bocking Hill Bole Hill Road Bolehill Lane Bracken Hill Bramshill Close Bramshill Court Bridge Hill Brincliffe Hill Brook Hill Brookhouse Hill Brown Hills Lane Burnt Hill Lane Butchill Avenue Button Hill Butts Hill Canyards Hills Lane Carsick Hill Crescent Charlton Hill Rise Churchill Road Cinder Hill Lane Cinderhill Lane Cleeve Hill Gardens Cliffe Hill Coisley Hill CoIdwell Hill Cowley Hill Cross Hill Cross Hill Close Daniel Hill Dobbin Hill Don Hill Height Edgehill Road Firshill Avenue Firshill Close Firshill Road Forge Hill Fort Hill Road Fox Hill Fox Hill Avenue Frank Hillock Field Furnace Hill Greenhill Avenue Greenhill Road Hagg Hill Hagg Hill Lane Hall Park Hill Hare Hills Lane Harthill Road Hill Close Hill Crest Road Hill Street Hill Top Crescent Hill Top Drive Hill Turrets Close Hilicote Close Hillcote Mews Hillcote Rise Hillcrest Drive Hillcrest Rise Hillcrest Road Hillfoot Bridge Hillfoot Road Hills Road Hillside Hillside Avenue Hunter Hill Road Keeton’S Hill Kilton Hill Lamb Hill Lamb Hill Close Larch Hill Liberty Hill Midhill Road Nanny Hill Norfolk Hill Normanton Hill North Hill Road Oak Hill Road Ox Hill Pole Hill Pond Hill Potter Hill Lane Primrose Hill Quarry Hill Red Hill Richmond Hill Road Ridgehill Avenue Rodney Hill Roper Hill Rose Hill Ryhill Drive Sale Hill Sheephill Road Shude Hill Silver Hill Road Skew Hill Snig Hill Snow Hill Southey Hill Spinkhill Avenue Spinkhill Drive Spoonhill Road Spring Hill Spring Hill Road Stake Hill Road Starnhill Close Stephen Hill Stephen Hill Road Stocks Hill Studfield Hill Tapton Hill Road Thompson Hill Twitchill Drive Ughill Road Underhill Lane Upwell Hill Vaughton Hill West Hill Lane Wind Hill Lane Winding Hill Lane Windmill Hill Lane Woodbourn Hill Wright’S Hill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fangorn Posted November 7, 2009 Share Posted November 7, 2009 sorry for coming into this late, i know i have a book somewhere on the english civil wars, which has a large section on sheffield and john brights regt, in which it quoted from a manuscript - "sheaffeld and its seven hills" - so that means the saying would go back to the 1640's at least, and would probably be the hills as seen from the castle or the boundaries as laid at the time so , find someone to stand on top of castle market and see which seven most prominent hills are visible as this would have been the central point of a drawn map of the town at the time,and being as sheffield was a garrison town , i would think the boundaries were'nt as wide as they aree now oh, and wincobank is definatly one of the seven as its one of the oldest settlements listed in the area alongside templebro in rotherham. i believe that either stannington / loxley was also known as one, unfortunatly eveyone from different sides of the city has a view, but the easiest way would be to find what the areas/ boundaries were in the doomsday book and work from there upwards Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamond Dog Posted November 7, 2009 Share Posted November 7, 2009 Late? Late? Three YEARS late! Is this a record? ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grahame Posted November 7, 2009 Share Posted November 7, 2009 sorry for coming into this late, i know i have a book somewhere on the english civil wars, which has a large section on sheffield and john brights regt, in which it quoted from a manuscript - "sheaffeld and its seven hills" - so that means the saying would go back to the 1640's at least, and would probably be the hills as seen from the castle or the boundaries as laid at the time so , find someone to stand on top of castle market and see which seven most prominent hills are visible as this would have been the central point of a drawn map of the town at the time,and being as sheffield was a garrison town , i would think the boundaries were'nt as wide as they aree now oh, and wincobank is definatly one of the seven as its one of the oldest settlements listed in the area alongside templebro in rotherham. i believe that either stannington / loxley was also known as one, unfortunatly eveyone from different sides of the city has a view, but the easiest way would be to find what the areas/ boundaries were in the doomsday book and work from there upwards Andy I didn't know that about John Bright and the mention of seven hills. That's interesting. I reckon you are right as well when you say for someone to stand on the roof of Castle Market because that is where the castle was and I reckon you could have surveyed the whole of Sheffield from there which only went up to the the old university just past Brook Hill Roundabout. Thinking about it now I reckon that from the old castle you would have seen Parkwood Springs, Sky Edge on Mannor Lane, Crookesmoor, you might have seen Darnall, Wincobank, and looking along the Moor to the right we would have seen Sharrow and Psalter Lane rising up, and that leaves one more. How about Spital Hill? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
animal2006 Posted November 7, 2009 Share Posted November 7, 2009 Late? Late? Three YEARS late! Is this a record? ;-) Some people, always in a hurry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fangorn Posted November 7, 2009 Share Posted November 7, 2009 Late? Late? Three YEARS late! Is this a record? ;-) no, i only just got round to bothering with these forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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