Sheffield Town Walk

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Thanks to the growth of the steel industry and a rapidly increasing population it was Old Queen’s Head (6) Lady’s Bridge and Royal Exchange Buildings (10/11) granted city status in 1893. • Left down • Turn right then sharp left at the first set of At the heart of the modern city, close to Pond Hill traffic lights – turn left to Bridge Street – turn the River Don, lies a grid of medieval (6) right along to the entrance archway of the streets still bearing their original – over names. Much of Sheffield's history can the River Upper Don Walk on the right. be found along this surprising 2 mile Sheaf – turn • Go down to the River Don, viewing the weir (3.3km) walk. left – go past Victoria Quays (7) and Lady’s Bridge (11). the steps. • Turn left along the Upper Don Walk by the Directions • Up a ramp – over the roads towards river. Victoria Quays (7). • Start at the Cathedral Tram Stop • Cross over Corporation Street at the traffic facing the Cathedral (1). • Turn left over the tramlines and down the lights – continue along the Upper Don Walk. steps towards Victoria Quays - over the • Turn left between the flats – turn right • On the right side of the Cathedral road into the cobbled approach to the diagonally towards Kelham Island Museum walk along East Parade (cobbled canal basin. and Brewery (12). then paved) to Campo Lane (2). • Follow the curve of the Merchants Offices. • Turn right along • Turn right to Hartshead Square (3) – Alma Street – turn continue through Watson’s Walk to • Left under the arch to Furnival Road. left along Russell Market Place. • Cross over – over the approach road to Street. Victoria Hotel. • Turn right, diagonally over the road – • Cross over the (8) down High Street to the traffic lights – • Continue along Blonk Street to the main road at the over – turn right over the traffic lights River Don and cross over to see where (4) traffic lights then into Fitzalan Square . the River Sheaf enters the Don via a turn left along it to • Continue along then down the steps culvert. Above is the site of Sheffield see remains of the (9) on the left, the bottom of which is Castle . Bower Spring (5) Bakers Hill . Walk down - turn • Continue alongside the Don, entering a Furnaces behind Upper Don Walk right along Pond Street to the passageway (10), which emerges at some railings at Corporation Street Sheffield Interchange. Lady’s Bridge. (13). DP11786 walk map_DP11786 walk map 14/01/2013 13:43 Page 1 Page 13:43 14/01/2013 map walk map_DP11786 walk DP11786 Kelham Island N Points of interest 0 50 100 200 Metres 1 Museum and The Cathedral of St Peter and St Paul - was formerly Brewery the parish church building and was originally built in c.1116. It’s had several additions and alterations over the years. It was a Chapel of Ease for Ecclesfield 12 before becoming its own parish church. 2 Boys Charity School of 1826 (now offices) that replaced the previous school of 1706. 3 Hartshead and Watson’s Walk – shown on Gosling’s Map of 1736. Angel St / High St - site of the Market Cross and the notorious Shambles, a filthy and run down area even by 18th Century standards. 4 Fitzalan Square – former beast market, slaughter houses and in the area of the various other markets. 5 Bakers Hill. Upper Don Walk 6 Old Queen’s Head – probably the oldest building in Sheffield, dating back to the 1500s. The Ponds and Ponds Forge - an area of former mill 13 po nds and steel works dating back at least to the 1500s. 7 Victoria Quays – constructed between 1816 and 1819. The canal was constructed up to Tinsley in 1751. 8 Blonk Street – named after Messrs. Blonk and Co. who ran the Wicker Tilt in 1787. The oldest records of the 11 10 Wicker Tilt go back to 1595. 14 8 9 Site of the Sheffield Castle of c.1270, which replaced a Motte and Bailey from c.1100. Dismantled by the Parliamentarians in 1648. 9 10 Within the glass-fronted building is a crucible chimney stack of the 1800s. 7 Royal Exchange Buildings of 1899. These contained Victoria flats and also housed stables. 15 Quays 11 Lady’s Bridge - replaced a former wooden bridge in 16 1486. It had a chapel on it on the ‘town side’. 17 The weir fed water into the mill of the Wicker Tilt. The site of the town corn mill in the 1100s. Later 2 3 replaced by steel works, one being Vickers in 1794. 12 Kelham Island Museum and Brewery 4 13 Bower Spring – remains of two steel cementation 1 5 furnaces of the 1700s. 14 Site of Sheffield Workhouse. Shown on Gosling’s Map of 1736. 15 Paradise Square – built between the 1770s and 1790s. John Wesley preached here in 1779 and it was a meeting place for Chartists between 1830 and 1840. 16 This map is reproduced from Synagogue – built in 1872 by the small Jewish Ordnance Survey material with the community.

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