Sheffield Walk: City Centre【4K】
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- Located in the county of South Yorkshire, and around 160 miles north, and slightly west, of London, is the city of Sheffield. Historically it was part of the West Riding of Yorkshire up until 1974.
The name 'Sheffield' is derived from the River Sheaf. It is believed that the Anglo-Saxons formed a settlement around a field or forest clearing at the confluence of the River Sheaf and River Don.
After the Norman Conquest of 1066, Sheffield was a part of the historical county of Hallamshire, which was owned by Norman barons. In the 12th century, a wooden castle was built, which was later replaced by a stone castle in 1270. This was eventually destroyed following the Civil War in the 17th century.
In 1296 Sheffield was granted a market charter by Edward I. One year later, 'Robert the Cutler' was recorded in a tax return. This is significant as it is the earliest surviving reference to the manufacture of cutlery in Sheffield. A further reference appeared in 1387 from the Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer from The Reeve's Tale: "A Sheffeld thwitel baar he in his hose" ('thwitel' referring to a type of knife).
The steel industry, including cutlery manufacture, would go on to play a huge role in the growth of Sheffield. By 1600 it had become the biggest producer of cutlery outside of London. In 1624 the Company of Cutlers in Hallamshire was incorporated. Since 1638 they have been based at Cutlers' Hall opposite Sheffield Cathedral on Church Street (although the current building dates from 1832). Their aim has been to maintain the standards and quality of Sheffield manufactured cutlery and steel products and to promote the name of the city. This includes certifying products claiming to be "made in Sheffield".
In the 1740s a clock maker named Benjamin Huntsman invented a way of making better quality steel called crucible steel. This involved the use of coke, derived from coal. Its higher carbon content allows temperatures hot enough to melt steel and dissolve iron. Around the same period, a technique was developed for fusing a thin sheet of silver onto a copper ingot to produce silver plating, which became known as Sheffield plate. These innovations brought about rapid growth in Sheffield during the Industrial Revolution.
In 1838 the Sheffield and Rotherham railway opened. This was the first of a number of rail connections that brought about more efficient transportation of goods to the neighbouring towns and beyond. In 1893 Sheffield was granted city status.
During both world wars, Sheffield became a producer of armaments using its existing factories. In doing so, it became a target for bombing on both occasions. In 1916 a German Zeppelin dropped bombs on Sheffield, killing 28. In 1940 the Sheffield Blitz claimed the lives of over 600 following a 4-day raid from by Luftwaffe.
In the second half of the 20th century, the steel industry went into gradual decline as a result of increased automation and competition from abroad. Thus there are a number of derelict factories dotted around the outskirts of the city. This formed the premise of the 1997 film, The Full Monty, which sees unemployed steel workers form a striptease group in order to relieve their financial burdens. The film was shot almost entirely on location in Sheffield.
In 1971 the Crucible Theatre built. It is perhaps best known for hosting the World Snooker Championship, which it has done since 1977.
In 1994 the Sheffield Supertram began operation. To this day it is an integral part of the city with regular services between Sheffield and surrounding areas including Rotherham.
Sheffield is represented by two football teams: Sheffield United, a.k.a. The Blades, and Sheffield Wednesday, a.k.a. The Owls.
Several famous musicians and bands have emerged from Sheffield over the years. These include Joe Cocker, The Human League, ABC, Heaven 17, Def Leppard, Pulp and the Arctic Monkeys.
Other famous people from Sheffield include Sean Bean, Jessica Ennis-Hill and Jamie Vardy.
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Filmed: 19th July 2021
Link to the walk on Google Maps: goo.gl/maps/NPF8BmeBs7VhdAYc7
Filmed on a Sony FDR-AX700 with a Zhiyun Crane 2 and a Sony ECM-XYST1M Stereo Microphone.
TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 Sheffield City Hall
0:05 Division Street
2:50 Devonshire Street
3:52 Devonshire Green
4:36 Devonshire Street
5:25 Fitzwilliam Street
5:54 West Street
12:19 Leopold Street
13:00 Church Street
14:23 Sheffield Cathedral
14:42 Church Street
15:27 Fargate
17:04 Norfolk Row
18:12 Tudor Square
19:06 The Crucible Theatre
19:13 Tudor Square
19:44 Surrey Street
20:18 Norfolk Street
21:18 Peace Gardens
22:40 Pinstone Street
I lived there for two years. I love it very much. Sheffield is a beautiful city and its views are wonderful
Love the waterfall and those public spaces and buildings are spectacular.
There is always so much to feel, to see, to indulge when I'm looking at the world via your channel. Thanks so much! Always a treat!
Thanks for stopping by!
It's a nice cityscape. It's a country far from Japan where I live, but sharing the video in this way made me feel like taking a walk. Thank you very much. from Japan.
Thanks, I appreciate it!
pleasant walk through the streets where everything is calm and quiet
Beautiful town walk. The cathedral and peace gardens area are amazing.
Thanks! Yeah, they're kind of unique.
europe`s greenest city under the sun looking awesome and offering so many different architectural styles one after another. thx
Europe's greenest city? Hmm, I'm guessing the inspectors forgot that Meadowhall is part of Sheffield.
@@4KExplorer do not think so. This city's 250 public parks, plus the extensive 52 square miles of National parks inside city boundaries and over 4.5 million trees give each lucky Sheffielder more precious trees than anywhere else. Regards
Sheffield is quite hilly. Love the green hills behind.
The steel city looks fantastic
Very beautiful
Great sharing my friend greetings 🖖
Hey, thanks for watching!
love travelling to sheffield from manchester.
Some fantastic views going through the Peak District!
@@4KExplorer yes beautiful and i can see the green hills behind Sheffield city centre.
Many thanks posting this well composed and presented film. Just one correction to your preface. Sheffield is actually in the West Riding of Yorkshire, South Yorkshire is political abomination imposed on the area in 1973/74. The government of the time did the same to many other areas in England resulting in many historical County and Regions losing their ancient names. Even the Royal Mail recognise this and allow the use of the historic County names to be used on items posted providing the correct post code is used.
On such a lovely day the City seemed very quiet. Maybe it was because of the draconian ant-cars rules imposed by the Council, I wonder how many disabled and older people manage.
On a personal note, I wish the Council would instruct the transport operators to remove the hideous liveries on the busses and trams and require them to paint them in the correct Sheffield Liveries of the Sheffield Transport Department. Other cities have done done this i.e. Edinburgh and it looks much better.
Thanks for the kind words! I made an amendment to the description in regard to the West Riding of Yorkshire. They really did a lot of messing around with the counties in the 70s!
Was it a good day or is sheffield not as busy as all the cities down south? Because it looked very unstressful
Honestly I'm not sure. It seemed less busy than other cities on the day of filming, but that could have been to do with it being mid-morning after the school run or something.
It's probably slightly quiet but it's definitely not a hustle and bustle city centre anymore.
You go to Meadowhall for that. That place is always packed.
DHL in uk is allowed to pass with red light or what
I live in Sheffield woop woop
I see the bears are for the children's hospital charity.
Sheffield isn't a city, it's Love