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Definition: Sheffield from Philip's Encyclopedia

City and county district in South Yorkshire, N England. A hilly city, it lies at the confluence of the River Don and its tributaries, the Sheaf, Rivelin, and Lordey. It is a major industrial centre, noted for its steel. Pop. (2001) 513,234.

Sheffield

From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Industrial city and metropolitan borough on the River Don, South Yorkshire, England; population of metropolitan district (2001 est) 513,100. From the 12th century, iron smelting was the chief industry, and by the 14th century, Sheffield cutlery, silverware, and plate were being made. During the Industrial Revolution the iron and steel industries developed rapidly. It now produces alloys and special steels, cutlery of all kinds, permanent magnets, drills, and precision tools. Other industries include electroplating, type-founding, and the manufacture of optical glass. It is an important conference centre. History Thomas de Furnival granted Sheffield a charter in 1297. Under the Talbot Earls of Shrewsbury, it was closely connected with one of the foremost noble families until 1616. The Talbot Earls often resided in the town, and in the early 16th century built the Manor Lodge and the Shrewsbury chapel in the parish church. In 1616 the manor passed to the Howard family; the present Duke…
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Full text Article Sheffield

From Brewer's Britain and Ireland
'open land by the River Sheaf, OE river name, from sceath ‘boundary’ + feld ( see FIELD ) (the Sheaf is a tributary of the Don); Escafeld 1086. An industrial city and unitary authority on the River DON 2 , Yorkshire, 55 km (33 miles) east of Manchester. It is on the edge of the Peak District, and, …
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Full text Article Sheffield

From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Industrial city and metropolitan borough on the River Don, South Yorkshire, England; population of metropolitan district (2001 est) 513,100. From the 12th century, iron smelting was the chief industry, and by the 14th century, Sheffield cutlery, silverware, and plate were being made. During the…
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Full text Article Sheffield.

From The Oxford Companion to British History
was a comparatively late developer among the great English cities. Its situation was determined by the river Sheaf joining the Don: William de Lovetot built a castle in the angle in the 12th cent. together with a bridge. The property passed to the earls of Shrewsbury and thence to the dukes of…
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Full text Article Sheffield plate

From The Columbia Encyclopedia
metalware of copper, silver-plated by fusion, originated at Sheffield, England. This process of plating was discovered c.1742 by a Sheffield cutler, Thomas Boulsover, who found while doing repair work on silver and copper that they fused at high temperature and could be hammered and shaped as one…
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Full text Article Sheffield Park

From Brewer's Britain and Ireland
Sheffield ‘open land where sheep graze’, OE sceap ‘sheep’ + feld ( see FIELD ). An estate in East Sussex, about 8 km (5 miles) east of HAYWARDS HEATH . At its heart is a large Gothic mansion that shares its name, designed in the 1770s by James Wyatt for the Earl of Sheffield. The surrounding…
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From Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
City and metropolitan borough (pop., 2001: 513,234), South Yorkshire , England. It is situated at the foot of the Pennines . An Anglo-Saxon village that became the site of a castle and parish church early in the 12th century, it has been known for its cutlery since medieval times. By 1700 it had a…
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Full text Article Sheffield, diocese of.

From The Oxford Companion to British History
This see, comprising south Yorkshire, was created in 1914 out of the *York diocese. Even by the 1870s Sheffield contained one-third of the York diocese's population and the inhabitants successfully resisted inclusion in the new *Wakefield diocese of 1888. Though a suffragan see of Sheffield was…
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From Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary
Industrial city, Colbert co., NW Alabama, on Tennessee River near Wilson Dam; pop. (2000c) 9652. Town, Berkshire co., W Massachusetts, on Housatonic River 24 mi. (39 km.) S of Pittsfield; pop. (2000c) 3335. City and county borough, South Yorkshire, N England, on the Don 68 mi. (109 km.) NNE of…
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Full text Article Sheffield plate

From Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
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Articles made of copper coated with silver by fusion. The technique was discovered c. 1742 by the Sheffield (Yorkshire, Eng.) cutler Thomas Boulsover , who noted that the combination of fused silver and copper retained the ductility of both metals and acted as one when manipulated. Other workshops…
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Full text Article Sheffield, city, England

From The Columbia Encyclopedia
city and metropolitan borough (1991 pop. 470,685), N England, at the confluence of the Don River and four tributaries. Sheffield was one of the leading industrial cities of England. It has been a center of cutlery manufacture since the 14th cent. The Cutlers' Company, the governing body of cutlery…
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