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A fun afternoon exploring the Sheffield Castle site as part of the Heritage Open Days (Sunday 15th September 2019), learning about the history of Sheffield, seeing some of the finds from the 2018 Wessex Archaeology dig, and visiting some of the castle ruins not normally on public display... The tour was led by Professor John Moreland from the University of Sheffield's Department of Archaeology with help from the Friends of Sheffield Castle, Wessex Archaeology, and local historian and raconteur Ron Clayton.
It is believed that the first Castle on the site in Sheffield was a Norman motte & bailey castle (usually attributed to William de Lovetot, an Anglo-Norman Baron), with the earliest known reference to a castle at Sheffield being around 1188. The castle passed to the Furnival family who supported the Royalist cause during the Second Barons' War of 1264–1267. In 1266 a party of anti-monarchy barons, led by John de Eyvill, passed through Sheffield, apparently burning the castle.
In 1270 Thomas de Furnival obtained a charter from King Henry III to build a castle at Sheffield and this is the more well known one. It was built of stone and extended from the River Sheaf to Waingate and then from the river Don to Dixon Lane, an area of about 4.2 acres (17,000 m2; 180,000 sq ft). A 2,461-acre (9.96 km2; 3.845 sq mi) deer park was attached to the castle, one of the largest deer parks in the country at the time. Mary, Queen of Scots, was held prisoner in this castle and its associated estates for 14 years between 1570 and 1584. he castle was held by Royalist forces for part of the English Civil War, and was surrendered to the Parliamentarians in 1644 following a short siege. Its destruction was then ordered by an Act of Parliament in 1647 and the castle was razed to the ground. Over future years the site became home to a bowling green, cementation furnace, slaughter houses and then Castle Market in the 1960s.
Sadly there are no contemporary paintings or plans of Sheffield Castle so all reconstructions of Sheffield Castle are based on surviving descriptions and archaeology. The first excavation was led by Leslie Armstrong in 1927 and this discovered the gatehouse. The ruins here are quite extensive, a small portion of which is viewable, though via a manhole cover and step ladders and has been sealed now for several years. There is a second room containing a section of castle wall that is accessible and it was this that was viewable on the Heritage Open Days. It is hoped that in the future the site will be turned into a park with both the River Sheaf and Sheffield Castle foundations uncovered for all to enjoy.
Aberdeen's Mercat Cross - the Scots name for the market cross - was constructed in 1868 by Aberdeen architect John Montgomery.
The Mercat Cross is located on the Castlegate, a plaza that sits where Union Street and King Street meet, and was named as such because this was the site of the gates of Aberdeen Castle. Today, nothing remains of either the castle or its gates, which were destroyed in the early 1300s (around 1308) by King Robert the Bruce, during the Wars of Scottish Independence.
Gordon Highlanders Statue, Castlegate, Aberdeen which was unveiled by HRH Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay (Prince of Wales), 15th October 2011 - with Prince Charles doing a walkabout speaking with the crowds outside Aberdeen Town House
Gordon Highlanders Statue, Castlegate, Aberdeen which was unveiled by HRH Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay (Prince of Wales), 15th October 2011
Gordon Highlanders statue at Castlegate, Aberdeen - unveiled by HRH Prince Charles 15th October 2011
Gordon Highlanders Statue, Castlegate, Aberdeen which was unveiled by HRH Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay (Prince of Wales), 15th October 2011
Gordon Highlanders Statue, Castlegate, Aberdeen which was unveiled by HRH Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay (Prince of Wales), 15th October 2011
Gordon Highlanders statue at Castlegate, Aberdeen - unveiled by HRH Prince Charles 15th October 2011
Gordon Highlanders statue at Castlegate, Aberdeen - unveiled by HRH Prince Charles 15th October 2011
Gordon Highlanders Statue, Castlegate, Aberdeen which was unveiled by HRH Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay (Prince of Wales), 15th October 2011
Gordon Highlanders Statue, Castlegate, Aberdeen which was unveiled by HRH Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay (Prince of Wales), 15th October 2011
St Mary Castlegate is one of the largest of York's many medieval churches and is situated in the south of the old city centre. It ceased to be used for worship several decades ago and for a while was used as the city's heritage centre. Now the interior has been opened up again and used as exhibition space for contemporary art.
The building is mostly of 14th & 15th century construction and is marked by a tapering spire rising from a slender octagonal tower (a feature of a few York city churches). The interior is devoid of its old furnishings, all removed prior to its conversion to secular use, but some fragments of medieval glass survive, reset into a window at the east end of the south aisle.
I am not sure what the current opening times of the church are, but it is safe to assume it will be open as long as there is work exhibited inside. This is an imaginative and sensitive re-use of a redundant parish church and allows visitors to enjoy both the exhibits and the entirety of the building's interior, much more than its previous incarnation did.
Gordon Highlanders Statue, Castlegate, Aberdeen which was unveiled by HRH Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay (Prince of Wales), 15th October 2011
A redundant church in Castlegate, York now used as an art space. This is part of one of its windows. I am no expert on stained glass but I suspect that this is no older than Victorian. Still I thought it was excellent. The glass was above my head so I had to use the persepctive tool in photoshop to straighten it out.
Gordon Highlanders Statue, Castlegate, Aberdeen which was unveiled by HRH Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay (Prince of Wales), 15th October 2011
Castle Gate, Sheffield
Neil Woodall, 1994
Castle Markets, Sheffield
printed images on metal panels
Location:
Above the various entrance to the markets, on Angel Street, Castle Street and Castle Garden.
Description:
Each panel shows a building from Sheffield’s past, that was located in the area of the market.
Commission:
Sheffield City Council and the Market Traders.
Comment:
Woodall was originally commissioned to initiate a more comprehensive project, but the money was unfortunately spent in the design and manufacture of the archways over the entrance to the market area and the entrance to Angel Street from Fitzalan Square.
public-art.shu.ac.uk/sheffield//woo109.html
Castle Gate
Castlegate is one of eleven Quarters in Sheffield's City Centre. It is now bound by Commercial Street and part of the High Street to the south, Exchange Place to the east, the road named Castlegate to the north, Angel Street and Snig Hill to the west. Castlegate is the main thoroughfare to and from the North of Sheffield as it links Park Square to The Wicker, although it is intended that the Sheffield Northern Relief Road will take this traffic when completed, allowing Exchange Place, Castlegate and The Wicker to be downgraded. Castlegate, built along a portion of the River Don, was the old location of the slaughter houses. It also served as a back entrance to the Alexandra Opera House as well as the market quarter situated on the site of the former castle of Sheffield, hence the name of the street and quarter.
Castlegate, Sheffield.
They lived in Castlegate - Castlegate Festival 2020.
Bess of Hardwick 1572-1608, Countess of Shrewsbury. Successful Tudor business woman. Built Chatsworth & Hardwick Hall.
Actually Bess was born in 1527 not 1572 but Sheffield City Council can't even get this right.
Bess of Hardwick's fourth husband was George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury (c1522-1590). He had lands across the north and midlands owning Sheffield Castle and Sheffield Manor, Tutbury Castle (leased from the Crown), Worksop Manor, Buxton Hall, and two former abbeys – Rufford and Welbeck. He had a London house and another at Chelsea.
Gordon Highlanders Statue, Castlegate, Aberdeen which was unveiled by HRH Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay (Prince of Wales), 15th October 2011
Gordon Highlanders Statue, Castlegate, Aberdeen which was unveiled by HRH Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay (Prince of Wales), 15th October 2011
Gordon Highlanders Statue, Castlegate, Aberdeen which was unveiled by HRH Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay (Prince of Wales), 15th October 2011 with media photographer
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A property of the York Conservation Trust. This entrance used to be into the cinema which was tacked on to the house in the early 20th C. It now forms the entrance to the museum.
Gordon Highlanders Statue, Castlegate, Aberdeen which was unveiled by HRH Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay (Prince of Wales), 15th October 2011