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Three sites are being removed from Heritage at Risk list
Saturday 8 November 2025
The removal of a Conservation Area, a Grade II* listed structure and a Scheduled Monument from Historic England’s ‘Heritage at Risk’ list has been welcomed by Sheffield City Council. The...
YAHS History Conference in York on 1 November
Sunday 2 November 2025
The Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society held its second day conference on 1 November, this time in the Friends’ Meeting House in York – an excellent central venue. The programme...
Exhibition: Architecture, Landscape and the City
Monday 27 October 2025
Catch this exhibition which is on until 14 December in Western Bank library (where we had our Hunter Centenary exhibition in 2012) – architect Peter Blundell-Jones gave his students a...
The Steel Cotton Rail Trail
Many routes across the Pennines have been connected up with new trails and rail links to create an exciting opportunity to explore – the website breaks the walks down into...
Fieldwalking: Past, Present … and Future?
Monday 13 October 2025
CBA East Midlands recently held a day conference in Grantham to discuss fieldwalking – why do we do it? what does it tell us? is it becoming a thing of...
Did you know? there is something of a football museum in Sheffield Town Hall
Tuesday 7 October 2025
If you go into the front entrance of Sheffield Town Hall – worth it just to see the beautiful foyer, and the staircase with the statue of the Duke of...
Heritage Open Days – Hunter’s Grave in Ecclesfield
Saturday 27 September 2025
The Heritage Open Days 2025 programme included three open days at St Mary’s Church in Ecclesfield, with masses of information laid out in the church, visits up into the tower...
Sheffield City Council reveal new images of uncovered river Sheaf
Thursday 18 September 2025
A section of the River Sheaf in Sheffield, which had been hidden underground for more than 100 years, was originally brought back into daylight earlier this year. The uncovering of...
Excavations at Roughbirchworth
Monday 18 August 2025
The oval embanked enclosure at Roughbirchworth has been known of for a long time, called the ‘Roman camp’ on early maps. A small group of us visited on an open...
Award for Moorland Project
Thursday 24 July 2025
Dr Tim Cockrell and his team have been Highly Commended for the Community Archaeology Project of the Year 2025, in the Marsh Awards managed by the Council for British Archaeology....
£5,000 Records at Risk Grant saves 2000 Archaeology Reports
Tuesday 15 July 2025
A grant of £5,000 from the National Archives ‘Records at Risk’ Programme will ensure that 2000 archaeology reports in the ARCUS archive in Sheffield will be saved for the future...
Joseph Hunter’s grave is tidied up
Wednesday 2 July 2025
At least once a year, one or two Hunter members visit St Mary’s churchyard in Ecclesfield to check on the state of Joseph Hunter’s grave. He chose the spot where...