A.StringerMar 3, 2025

"The first surviving #CivilWar #woodenstakedefences to be found in the #UK have been discovered by #archaeologists in the #moat of #Sheffield's former #castle.

The stakes were stuck into the ground to form a barrier around the #Royalist-controlled castle, which fell to #Parliamentarian forces...in August

BBC News - Sheffield's first surviving Civil War stake defences revealed - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgkmg7758n7o?fbclid=IwY2xjawIy3ZRleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHYBTBkhu7S6mHhQnviqS1gbxN21uKaPdfn-woeZD3fAOrwmF4Dklw_GqOQ_aem_zaXVOba4WddmdBHHbdMDzA

#Sheffield
#sheffieldhistory
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Sheffield's first surviving Civil War stake defences revealed

The wooden stakes were discovered by archaeologists in the moat of Sheffield's former castle.

BBC News
A.StringerMay 24, 2024

Team excavating #Sheffield #Castle uncover #drawbridgepier, #moat, new evidence for castle interior and remains of possible earlier castle | Wessex Archaeology
https://www.wessexarch.co.uk/news/team-excavating-sheffield-castle-uncover-drawbridge-pier-moat-new-evidence-castle-interior-and

#archaeology
#SheffieldCastle
#sheffieldhistory
#medievalcastle
#maryqueenofscots
#elizabeth1st
#artifacts

Team excavating Sheffield Castle uncover drawbridge pier, moat, new evidence for castle interior and remains of possible earlier castle

Our team excavating the derelict Castle Market site for Sheffield City Council’s Castlegate regeneration project has discovered new evidence of the medieval Sheffield Castle – hailed the birthplace of Sheffield.

Wessex Archaeology
A.StringerApr 12, 2024

#Excavations at #SheffieldCastle heat up with #19thCentury #steel working discoveries | #WessexArchaeology
https://www.wessexarch.co.uk/news/excavations-sheffield-castle-heat-19th-century-steel-working-discoveries

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#sheffield
#SouthYorkshire
#history
#sheffieldhistory

Excavations at Sheffield Castle heat up with 19th Century steel working discoveries

Hailed as the birthplace of the city, excavations on the site of Sheffield Castle have revealed archaeological features and structures that heat up the city’s industrial heritage.

Wessex Archaeology
A.StringerDec 14, 2023

#watermills of #Sheffield

https://www.g7smy.co.uk/history/watermills/?fbclid=IwAR3vtEpj2Cgk3Qncz6KTTySOU4o_mnoYxxj3zp1advZ4QHXstMRG0HBgolk

#history
#sheffieldhistory
#GreyToGreen
#heritage

The Watermills of Sheffield

1ngiApr 9, 2023
I was in tears doing this wks #podcast. CW #Victorian alcohol abuse. Janie sounds absolutely desperate + pours out her heart to Fred who's a 100 miles away in #Middlesbrough. Fred later speculates that the reason Emma is being so cruel to Janie is because she is 'a little envious'. I'd go so far to say she's absolutely green w envy. It seems so very unfair.
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#Handsworth #Sheffield #SheffieldHistory #Yorkshire #YorkshireHistory #loveletters #1870s #1880s #19thcentury #1800s #victorianera #victorianhistory #letterwriting #history #womenshistory #familyhistory #TrueStory
1ngiApr 2, 2023

Hello loves, latest My Love Letter Time Machine podcast episode out now. CW - Victorian alcohol abuse. Janie’s delight at at the family seaside day out is tempered by Emma’s increasingly unkind behaviour. This week Janie takes us to Cleepthorpes, then as now, probably the nearest bit of sandcastle sand to Sheffield. Absolutely love putting this episode together. Link: https://mylovelettertimemachine.buzzsprout.com/ (you should prob unfollow me if you don't want me bleating on about the pod).

#Podcast #HistoryPodcast #PodcastHistory #Handsworth #Cleethorpes #Cleethorpeshistory #Sheffield #SheffieldHistory #Yorkshire #YorkshireHistory #ironworks #loveletters #1870s #1880s #19thcentury #1800s #victorianera #victorianhistory #victorian #letterwriting #history #historica #womenshistory #familyhistory #industrialhistory #industrialheritage #TrueStory #Middlesbrough #teeside #letterwriting

My Love Letter Time Machine - Victorian History

 Shortlisted for both the Independent Podcast Awards 2023, and the International Women's Podcast Awards 2023 + 2022.  "Ingrid Birchell Hughes presents a charming take on family history via the love letters of her great-great-grandparents...

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