Lord Sheffield suggested constructing ramparts along the eastern side of the city, which was open to attack, and warned that the rebels were crossing the river around Bishopsgate with ease.

Norwich lays claims to being the first municipality to adopt the Public Libraries Act 1850 ( which allowed any municipal borough with a population of 100, 000 or more to introduce a halfpenny rate to establish public libraries — although not to buy books ), but theirs was the eleventh library to open, in 1857, being the eleventh in the country after Winchester, Manchester, Liverpool, Bolton, Kidderminster, Cambridge, Birkenhead and Sheffield.

The Moonies Live, Leadimll, Sheffield: " It takes something solid to open a show for the mighty Buzzcocks and the Moonies-part of the Merseyside revival-offer something suitable for them this weekend.

On a trip to New York he visited the many night clubs, and on return left the Merchant Navy and became a salesman during the day ( he sold insurance, sewing machines and vacuum cleaners ), to enable him to run dance nights at a local church hall, and then open his own club in Sheffield, the Black Cat Club.

Although it is within the boundary of the City of Sheffield, it is self-contained, entirely surrounded by open countryside.

When open, the station had services between London ( Marylebone ) and Sheffield via Leicester and Nottingham until closure of most of the route in 1966.

* 1936: First two area schools ( renamed district schools in 1973 ) open at Sheffield and Hagley

* Ponderosa ( Sheffield ), an open space / recreation area in Sheffield, England

The Museum suffered heavily in the Sheffield flood of 2007 but is now fully redisplayed and open to the public.

Alongside the radio studios, there'll also be an open centre to provide access to BBC Learning facilities similar to the already established centres in Blackburn, Sheffield and Stoke.

The end of hostilities opened new and lucrative opportunities in scrap and metal salvage, enabling Cox to open new business in Sheffield, and buy out his Danks ' interests by 1920.

Sheffield had a vibrant nightlife and allowed nightclubs to open all night.

Together, Spencer and Marks were able to open stores in Manchester, Birmingham, Liverpool, Middlesbrough, Sheffield, Bristol, Hull, Sunderland and Cardiff.

Originally a Chapel of Ease to Sheffield Cathedral standing in open fields, 22 years later, in 1848, St Mary's became a parish in its own right.

A request by the Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation Company that the swing bridge over the Canal near Crowle should be maintained in the open position to allow free passage of boats, rather than in the closed position to prefer the railway, was refused, as was an application for running powers over the line by the Great Northern and Great Eastern Joint Railway.

Ogrizovic is also one of the very few goalkeepers to have scored from open play, the goal coming in 2 – 2 draw at Sheffield Wednesday in the Football League First Division on October 12, 1986.

Within the park are two historic buildings: Bishops ' House ( c1500 ) is one of the oldest buildings in Sheffield and is open as a museum, and Meersbrook House.

It is on the western border of Ecclesall Ward, and although it is within the boundary of Sheffield, it is self-contained, being entirely surrounded by open countryside.

One of these ( 5511 ) was delivered in four-tone blue and white for the X33 White Rose express linking Bradford, Cleckheaton, Wakefield, and Sheffield ; the other five were bus-seated with the usual Gardner 6LXB engines ; three ( 5148-5150 ) had a full roof and two ( 5146 / 5147 ) were convertible open toppers.

The house, a Grade I listed building, is the residence of Sir Reginald ( father of current UK Prime minister's wife Samantha Cameron ) & Lady Sheffield which is open to the public for part of the year.

Originally situated on high ground on Bell Hagg Road, in Walkley, north-west Sheffield, at the cottage occupied by its first curator ( until 1889 ) Henry Swan, the museum, which was free to enter, was open until 9pm, on Sunday afternoons and by appointment to maximise its accessibility for working people.

Within the park are two historic buildings: Bishops ' House ( c1500 ) is one of the oldest buildings in Sheffield and is open as a museum, and Meersbrook House.

Wadsley Common () is a piece of land owned and held in trust by Sheffield City Council which is a public open space used as an area of recreation and exercise by the general public.

Additional services run to the town, from Barnsley, Sheffield and Wakefield via Denby Dale or Penistone.

Dayton is a town in Sheffield Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, United States.

It lies on the Glossop Brook, a tributary of the River Etherow, about east of the city of Manchester, west of the city of Sheffield and north of the county town of Matlock.

The town is bordered by Alford to the north, Great Barrington to the east, Sheffield to the southeast, Mount Washington to the southwest, and Copake and Hillsdale, New York to the west.

Sheffield is a town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States.

Nevertheless, Sheffield, Massachusetts was officially incorporated on June 22, 1733, the first town incorporated in what is now Berkshire County Its north parish set off and incorporated as Great Barrington in 1761.

Sheffield lies along U. S. Route 7, which divides the town roughly in half.

Sheffield is the central town of the five towns that operate the Southern Berkshire Regional School District ( a sixth town, Mount Washington, also sends students to the district's schools ).

The town is about from Sheffield and is popularly referred to as " Donny ".

The town of Great Barrington is neighbored by the towns of Lee, Stockbridge and West Stockbridge to the north, Alford and Egremont to the west, Sheffield and New Marlborough to the south, and Monterey and Tyringham to the east.

The monks built a new town where three roads met: the Sheffield to Wakefield, Rotherham to Huddersfield and Cheshire to Doncaster routes.

Another noted resident who was born and grew up in the town is current Sheffield Wednesday manager Alan Irvine.

The town is situated at the terminus of the M181, from Sheffield.

Stockport Tiviot Dale station also served the town centre between 1865 and 1967, lying on routes from Liverpool, Derby and Sheffield.

This has led to the suggestion that the Sheffield of the Domesday book only encompassed the area that later became known as Sheffield Park, the historic town and castle being in Hallam.

He constructed a more substantial castle in Sheffield, establishing the town as the dominant settlement within Hallamshire.

It lies three miles ( 5 km ) north east of Sheffield city centre and two miles ( 3. 2 km ) from Rotherham town centre.

It is located on the River Wye, about thirteen miles ( 21 km ) southwest of Sheffield, southeast of Manchester, and north of the county town of Derby ; nearby towns include Chesterfield to the east and Buxton to the west northwest.

Stocksbridge is a small town and civil parish in the City of Sheffield, in South Yorkshire, England, with a population of 13, 663.

The main road from Sheffield to Manchester originally passed through the town until the A616 Stocksbridge bypass opened in 1989.

The new road links the M1 motorway at Junction 35A ( and J36 ) to the Woodhead pass ( which is one of the main trans-Pennine routes from Sheffield to Manchester ) bypassing the towns of Stocksbridge and Deepcar, taking away the steelworks traffic through the town as well.