{"id":4914,"date":"2024-02-12T16:08:36","date_gmt":"2024-02-12T16:08:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/?post_type=regional_group&p=3081"},"modified":"2025-09-22T14:29:48","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T13:29:48","slug":"south-yorkshire","status":"publish","type":"regional_group_pages","link":"https:\/\/www.victoriansociety.org.uk\/regional-groups\/south-yorkshire\/","title":{"rendered":"South Yorkshire"},"content":{"rendered":"
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South Yorkshire has a wealth of Victorian and Edwardian heritage to celebrate, as well as preserve. Working across the cities of Sheffield & Doncaster, as well as the two industrial towns of Barnsley & Rotherham, we are a region that went through dynamic growth in the 19<\/span>th<\/span> & early 20<\/span>th<\/span> centuries, leaving us a host of this period’s civic, commercial and industrial heritage assets.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

There are key buildings under threat in every part of the region, including the Old Town Hall in Sheffield (pictured above) suffering from dereliction and neglect from some owners, both private and public.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/div>\n\t\t\t

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As a part of the Sheffield City Council Conservation Advisory Group, we work to mitigate the impact of modern development on cases big and small, whilst promoting The Victorian Society National ambitions around ending demolition as a permitted right and working directly with local planning departments and the Regional Mayor’s office to encourage sustainable and appropriate reuse of heritage assets of all kinds.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n

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Events<\/h4>\n

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News<\/h4>\n

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Contacts<\/h4>\n

Contact the The Victorian Society South Yorkshire Group.<\/p>\n

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Join The Victorian Society.<\/h3>\n

The battle to save Victorian and Edwardian buildings is far from over.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Members can read our membership magazine, enjoy priority booking for our events, be part of our regional groups across the country and with many more benefits.<\/p>\n

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The Victorian Society News for South Yorkshire<\/h3>\n <\/div>\n \n\n\t\t
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CALL FOR NEW COMMITTEE MEMBERS<\/h3>\n
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Sheffield City Council buys Salvation Army Citadel in the city centre<\/h3>\n
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Wiley & Co Facade lost to the Sheffield Cityscape<\/h3>\n
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Unique Sheffield Heritage Asset Lost to Redevelopment<\/h3>\n
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Shocking Demolition of Heritage Asset\u00a0 \u201c\u2026in error\u2026\u201d<\/h3>\n
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South Yorkshire<\/h3>\n
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South Yorkshire Group 12 Month Review<\/h3>\n
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The South Yorkshire Group<\/strong> issues four local newsletters each year, normally in early January, early April, early July and early October. 8 to 12 pages packed with information and articles.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Victorian Society National Members\u00a0<\/strong>living in our area (South Yorkshire, North-east Derbyshire and some parts of Nottinghamshire.) will normally receive this as a PDF by email.<\/p>\n

Local Subscribers\u00a0<\/strong>will receive newsletters in the same way, but any member or subscriber without email access will still receive a printed copy by post.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\t\t\t

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The South Yorkshire Group\u00a0<\/strong>will also issue an email Bulletin in the intervening months, with updates on activities & events, as well as any urgent matters that need action.<\/p>\n

If you are a The Victorian Society member<\/strong> and live in our area but are not receiving the newsletter please let the editor know.\u00a0If you have ideas for articles or are interested in contributing a story to the Newsletter please let the editor know what you have in mind.<\/p>\n

Editor: Anne Louise Booth<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Disclaimer: You participate in events at your own risk and neither the Society nor its officers or servants accepts any liability of any kind whatsoever, howsoever arising. The Victorian Society reserves the right to cancel, alter or postpone events if necessary.<\/i><\/p>\n

Talks take place at Showroom 5, Paternoster Row, Sheffield City Centre, Sheffield S1 2BX<\/b> Doors open 7pm, Start time is 7.30pm prompt, unless otherwise specified. Showroom 5 is fully accessible and there is disabled parking available on Paternoster Row.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\t\t\t

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Access to Showroom5 is through the cafe and into the cinema foyer at the far left corner. The venue is a few minutes from Pond St Bus Station & the Midland Station for trains.<\/p>\n

Entrance is open to members & non-members and costs \u00a35.<\/b>
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Upcoming South Yorkshire Events<\/h3>\n <\/div>\n \n\n
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February 3rd, 2026<\/div>\n

Talk: “Sheffield’s Globe Theatre & Cavern Club Combined” with Steve Wood<\/h3>\n
An introduction to the city’s footballing heritage through the eyes of its surviving Victorian Buildings, with Steve Wood.<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n
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March 3rd, 2026<\/div>\n

Talk: Building Stories with Robin Hughes of Hallamshire Historic Buildings<\/h3>\n
Buildings are worth saving because they are great storytellers, but teasing out those tales can unexpectedly become an Odyssey in itself. Join Robin Hughes of Hallamshire Historic Buildings on his quest as he visits a pub with no beer, hears heavenly voices in a churchyard, seeks missionaries and moneymen in Mayfield and spins a yarn about a cotton mill in Kelham.<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n
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Talk: Henry Seebohm, Sheffield Steel Owner and Ornithologist, with Paul Hobson<\/h3>\n
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Sheffield and Atlantic Slavery, 1760-1888, with Tobias Gardner<\/h3>\n
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The Arts and Crafts movement in Manchester: an untold story<\/h3>\n
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EXTRA VISIT – Saturday 25th October 2025 – Harmony Works at Canada House<\/h3>\n
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Victorian Photography in the Lake District with Richard Gosney<\/h3>\n
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SOLD OUT – Sheffield’s Victorian Centre, with Nigel Slack<\/h3>\n
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Visit: National Emergency Services Museum in Sheffield with Matt Wakefield.<\/h3>\n
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CANCELLED – A guided tour of Loxley Cemetery by the Friends of Loxley Cemetery.<\/h3>\n
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A walking tour of Victorian and Edwardian Rotherham<\/h3>\n
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The Manchester Peace Trail<\/h3>\n
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Talk: Philosophical Foundations: Origins of Sheffield’s First Public Museum in Weston Park<\/h3>\n
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Talk: Sheffield in 1903 – A History Tour of Central Sheffield through 120 Old Photographs with Martin Naylor<\/h3>\n
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Talk: Scattered Homes by Sheffield Hospitals History Group<\/h3>\n
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Talk: Women\u2019s Suffrage before the Suffragettes with Matthew Roberts & Denise Annett<\/h3>\n
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Talk: Victorian Cutlery from The Ken Hawley Collection<\/h3>\n
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Talk: Sheffield\u2019s Crofts settlements with Christine Minter<\/h3>\n
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Walk: Sheffield Networks of Activism – A free guided walk during Heritage Open Days<\/h3>\n
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Walk: Walkley with Walkley Historians – SOLD OUT<\/h3>\n
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A Walking Tour of City Road Cemetery, Sheffield with Graham Hague.<\/h3>\n
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Visit:\u00a0St John\u2019s Church, Ranmoor, led by Mary Grover<\/h3>\n
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Ernest George and large country houses<\/h3>\n
In this talk, Hilary Grainger explores the larger country houses considered to be the backbone of his practice. He designed over two dozen with Peto and seven with Yeates, in addition to altering, restoring and adding to many others. Clients were drawn from a wide spectrum \u2013 the landed gentry, the professions, trade and industry and the middle classes. <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n
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Tour of Sheffield Town Hall \u2013 Led by Cllr Janet Ridler SCC Heritage Champion.<\/h3>\n
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From Pauper Palace to Regional General Hospital – Mary Garside.<\/h3>\n
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The committee for the South Yorkshire Group:<\/p>\n