Directory of History Resources

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This category lists sites containing records of past events, places and people in Sheffield, and sites for local history groups and organisations.

Resources in This Category

• A Brief History of Sheffield

  http://www.localhistories.org/sheffield.html
  The Middle Ages and then by each Century to the present.

• GENUKI: Sheffield History

  http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/WRY/Sheffield/SheffieldHistory.html
  Historical and description information for Sheffield.

• Grenoside and District Local History Group

  http://www.grenosidelocalhistory.co.uk/
  Details of the group's events and publications. Also includes a brief history of the Grenoside area.

• Historic Hillsborough

  http://www.hillsboroughowlertonlocalhistory.co.uk/
  Information about the history of Hillsborough and Owlerton.

• I Dig Sheffield

  http://www.idigsheffield.org.uk/
  A guide to local archaeology from Sheffield Galleries and Museums Trust. Includes information about Sheffield City Museum's collection, local archaeological sites, news and a message board.

• Picture Sheffield

  http://www.picturesheffield.com/
  A project to catalogue and transfer the city's photographic collections held in the Local Studies Library into digital images. Includes the facility to search for pictures by subject, details of how to order prints and contact information for those wishing to donate pictures.

• Sheffield History

  http://www.sheffieldhistory.co.uk/
  A forum to discuss the history of the city. Includes photographs and a calendar.

• The Sheffield Artillery Volunteers

  http://www.yorkshirevolunteers.org.uk/SAV.htm
  A short history of the Volunteers which subsequently became part of the Yorkshire Volunteers.

• The Sheffield City Battalion

  http://www.pals.org.uk/sheffield/
  History of the Sheffield City Battalion, the 12th Service Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment, which was formed during the First World War.

• ZFM

  http://www.mf2fm.com/zfm/
  The history of a pirate radio broadcasting on 105.2 or 102.4 MHz FM across the city.

 

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