Another example of fossil trees was found at Wadsley in 1933, and may well be the subject of a later posting.
Sunday 9 September 2012
Fossil Trees found at Brightside, Sheffield, 1896
The following cuttings relate to a number of fossil trees that were unearthed during excavations at Brightside Station, in Sheffield, in 1896. One of the examples is currently on show in the 'What on Earth' Gallery at Weston Park Museum in Sheffield, and photographs of a couple of the finds are on 'Picture Sheffield'.
Another example of fossil trees was found at Wadsley in 1933, and may well be the subject of a later posting.
Another example of fossil trees was found at Wadsley in 1933, and may well be the subject of a later posting.
Friday 7 September 2012
"Survey of the Manor of Sheffield" by John Harrison - 1637
"An exact and perfect survey and view of the Manor of Sheffield with other lands" was compiled by John Harrison for the Earl of Arundel and his family at the time they inherited the manor, via his wife Alethea, on the extinction of the male line of the Earls of Shrewsbury. It was transcibed by James George Ronksley in 1908 and published privately. These notes are taken from that edition (available at Sheffield Libraries).
I have only transcribed the Introduction (by R E Leader) and Harrison's Preamble and Description of the Manor - I leave the remaining 400 or so pages of details of land holdings and rents to someone else! My main interest was to place into context a couple of quotes relating to the birds and fish found within the manor - these can be found towards the end of the description.
While I have tidied up the text to some extent, the spellings and punctuation (and capitalisation!) used in Harrison's text are as they were transcribed by Ronksley. I may get round to rendering these sections into modern english at some time and adding some further annotation! (If someone else did that in the meantime, I would gladly add their offering to the site, with due acknowledgement.) Ronksley's footnotes have been included within the text (in [ ] as are other notes).
(Having done this work, and when about to press 'Publish', I have found that a previous transcription of the Description had appeared in the 'Sheffield History Chat Forum' in 2008 (see link) - apologies to 'Bayleaf', I had no intention of treading on his toes, and can asure him that, other than a meaning for 'Hearnshewes', I have not copied his work.)
I have only transcribed the Introduction (by R E Leader) and Harrison's Preamble and Description of the Manor - I leave the remaining 400 or so pages of details of land holdings and rents to someone else! My main interest was to place into context a couple of quotes relating to the birds and fish found within the manor - these can be found towards the end of the description.
While I have tidied up the text to some extent, the spellings and punctuation (and capitalisation!) used in Harrison's text are as they were transcribed by Ronksley. I may get round to rendering these sections into modern english at some time and adding some further annotation! (If someone else did that in the meantime, I would gladly add their offering to the site, with due acknowledgement.) Ronksley's footnotes have been included within the text (in [ ] as are other notes).
(Having done this work, and when about to press 'Publish', I have found that a previous transcription of the Description had appeared in the 'Sheffield History Chat Forum' in 2008 (see link) - apologies to 'Bayleaf', I had no intention of treading on his toes, and can asure him that, other than a meaning for 'Hearnshewes', I have not copied his work.)
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