Local History

Documenting Feminist Testimony in the Age of Social Media – #ShefFemStories

by Annie Wainwright on November 1, 2017

Since beginning to work with the volunteer-run Sheffield Feminist Archive (SFA) through the School of English MA work placement module and the Careers Service AHEAD scheme, I’ve learned more about Sheffield feminist history than I

‘Where my ancestors lieth’: Community, Rebellion and Roots in a Yorkshire Church

by Elizabeth Goodwin on August 1, 2017

During my research into some of the oldest churches in Yorkshire, I came across a small inscription in the church tower of

Stories Unearthed: Community History at Wardsend Cemetery

by Miriam Emanuel on July 6, 2017

When visiting the site of Wardsend Cemetery (near Hillsborough Stadium) for the first time, we couldn’t find it. Scrambling along

My work with the Sheffield Feminist Archive: the importance of recording feminist oral histories

by Hattie Foreman on May 25, 2017

Three years ago when my parents were sorting through my grandmother’s things, they came across a file. When they opened

True heirs and true lies: Witnessing medieval life through the Tinsley Court Rolls

by Elizabeth Goodwin on August 24, 2016

In a family circus worthy of Jerry Springer, Mr Murray Pringle, a 74-year old accountant from High Wycombe, recently became

Heritage, History and Community: Engaging with the Past in a Former Industrial Village

by Nigel Cavanagh on March 17, 2015

As a former professional archaeologist, I have always been interested in the idea of "ruins" (in the broadest sense) as foci for remembering. This is implicit in the idea of a heritage site, which as