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A section of the River Sheaf hidden underground for more than 100 years has been uncovered as part of work on the site of Sheffield's former castle.
Castle Market from the south-west. Castle Market was an indoor market in Sheffield city centre, England. [1] The building lay in the north-east of the present city centre, by the River Don, and was built on top of the remains of Sheffield Castle, which could still be seen via guided tours.
Sheffield City Council, the Environment Agency and Sheaf & Porter Rivers Trust are currently working on a vision for the former Castle Market site. This involves removing the structurally decaying concrete culvert at the end of the River Sheaf, daylighting the section and replacing it with a new city centre park. [22]
Sheffield City Council subsequently invested £5 million as part of Grey to Green Phase Two, a regeneration plan for the Castlegate Quarter following the closure of the market, which includes removing the River Sheaf from its culvert close to its confluence with the River Don and creating a new riverside park incorporating the castle ruins.
The name Sheffield, has its origins in Old English and derives from the name of a principal river in the city, the River Sheaf, which runs through Sheffield albeit in culverts underneath the city centre. [11] This name, in turn, is a corruption of shed or sheth, which refers to a divide or separation.
The plan of Sheffield Castle in relation to current buildings. Sheffield Castle was a castle in Sheffield, England, constructed at the confluence of the River Sheaf and the River Don, possibly on the site of a former Anglo-Saxon long house, and dominating the early town.
Sheaf Square with the railway station and Park Hill in the background. Sheaf Square is a municipal square lying immediately east of the city centre of Sheffield, England.. The sides of the square are lined with major buildings: Sheffield railway station, the Showroom Cinema, Sheffield Science Park, the early nineteenth century Howard Hotel, in addition to the site of the old Nelson Mandela ...
The history of Sheffield, a city in South Yorkshire, England, can be traced back to the founding of a settlement in a clearing beside the River Sheaf in the second half of the 1st millennium AD. The area now known as Sheffield had seen human occupation since at least the last ice age , but significant growth in the settlements that are now ...