David Clarke found a sketch plan of Sheffield Castle, supposedly dated around 1700, in a little book by Thomas Winder, “T’Heft an’ Blades o’Sheffield: Dialect stories and Antiquarian papers”, published in
Sheffield 1907. We wonder what data the plan was based on?
One of our members has found some old cuttings from local papers on the 1927 excavations which make interesting reading.
Here are some links to information about the castle available on other sites. Gatehouse page Manor Lodge’s page Prospectus for Sheffield Castle Sheffield City Council’s
This plaster overmantle is on the wall of the bedroom in Bishops House. The room was built around 1650 and in 1648, William Blythe paid
Here is some information about previous excavations. You can also download pdf documents produced by ARCUS on two pieces of fieldwork. Trial trenching of Sheffield
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Lovely. Is there copies of this boook
sorry, you’ll need to find one. try https://www.abebooks.co.uk
I have a feeling that Winder based his sketch/plan on records in the Duke of Norfolk’s Estates Office.Go forward to the Fairbanks Map of 1771 and you see the same indications of slopes around the site.