History of South Yorkshire - History of Sheffield, South Yorkshire Coalfield, Penistone Rail Accidents, Hatfield Chase, Bawtry Gasworks Contamination, Battle of Orgreave, Castles in South Yorkshire, Yorkshire South, Elmet (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 31. Chapters: History of Sheffield, South Yorkshire Coalfield, Penistone rail accidents, Hatfield Chase, Bawtry gasworks contamination, Battle of Orgreave, Castles in South Yorkshire, Yorkshire South, Elmet, Doncaster Rural District, Templeborough, Orgreave Train Collision 1926, Battle of Hatfield Chase, Barnsley Public Hall disaster, Pot House Hamlet, Hexthorpe rail accident, Manvers Main Colliery, Saint John the Baptist Church, Penistone, Roman Rig, Oaks explosion, Stairfoot rail accident, Cortonwood, RAF Bircotes, Doncaster rail crash, Scholes Coppice, Roman Ridge, Brodsworth Colliery, Wortley Rural District, RAF Misson, Penistone Rural District, Lindrick. Excerpt: The history of Sheffield, a city in South Yorkshire, England, can be traced back to the founding of a settlement in a clearing beside the River Sheaf in the second half of the 1st millennium AD. The area now known as Sheffield had seen human occupation since at least the last ice age, but significant growth in the settlements that are now incorporated into the city did not occur until the Industrial Revolution. Following the Norman conquest of England, Sheffield Castle was built to control the Saxon settlements and Sheffield developed into a small town, no larger than Sheffield City Centre. By the 14th century Sheffield was noted for the production of knives, and by 1600 it had become the main centre of cutlery production in England, overseen by the Company of Cutlers in Hallamshire. In the 1740s the crucible steel process was improved by Sheffield resident Benjamin Huntsman, allowing a much better production quality. At about the same time, the silver plating process which produced Sheffield Plate was discovered. The associated industries led to the rapid growth of Sheffield; the town was incorporated as a borough in 1843 and granted a city charter in 1893....