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The Fulwood parish was created in 1839, being the largest in Sheffield covering 19 square miles, taking in large areas of moorland extending out to Stanage Edge and Ringinglow. The church registers date from 1838 for baptisms, 1839 for burials and 1851 for marriages. [3] The church was originally built by R. Potter.
Western Bank Library is a library at the University of Sheffield located on Western Bank, forming part of the Western Bank Campus. [1] Formerly the Main Library , it is a Grade II* listed building opened in 1959 by Nobel prize -winning poet T. S. Eliot .
Services available from the building include the Sheffield Information Service and a wide range of library sections, such as arts, sports, business, technology and local studies. Work on the building began in 1929, to a design by W. G. Davies. Built in a broadly Art Deco style, it was opened in 1934 by the Duchess of York (later The Queen Mother).
Broomhill (grid reference) is a western suburb of Sheffield. Largely developed in the nineteenth century, its prominent buildings include Broomhill Church , The Mount and King Edward VII School , the latter two listed buildings both designed by William Flockton .
Sheffield Local Studies Library (located in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England) collects and preserves printed material relating to Sheffield and the surrounding area, and makes it available for study and research. The collection of over 30,000 volumes includes books, pamphlets, journals and reports on all aspects of the city's history and ...
Crookes is a suburb of the City of Sheffield, England, about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) west of the city centre.It borders Broomhill to the south, Walkley and Upperthorpe to the east and open countryside around the River Rivelin to the north.
Fulwood House on Old Fulwood Road is a large structure built in 1920 for the Wilsons, a well known local family involved in the manufacture of snuff.It was eventually purchased by the Sheffield Regional Hospital Board in 1948 and is now part of the headquarters of the Sheffield Health & Social Care NHS Foundation Trust, housing conference and training facilities and other meeting rooms.
This building was destroyed by an incendiary bomb during the "Sheffield Blitz" of 12 December 1940; only the spire and a porch survived (they are now Grade II listed structures). The remnants of the bombed church were used as the basis for a new church designed by George Pace and constructed 1958–1963.