• Sheffield and the surrounding area
• Local history of other places in the U.K.
• Museums, galleries and exhibitions
• Reference sites
• Archaeology links
• Scythe links
• Sheffield cutlery sites
• Water wheel and watermill sites
• Other interesting sites

Sheffield and its surroundings

• Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet
• Burton Street Community History Project - developing a history of the communities in Owlerton and Hillsborough.
• Dore Village on the web - news, features and history of this famous suburb of Sheffield.
• Friends of Graves Park - dedicated to preserving and protecting one of Sheffield's important public parks.
• Friends of the Porter Valley - working to maintain this beautiful and historic part of Sheffield - where you can find the Shepherd Wheel.
• Gleadless.net - pictures, maps and history of Gleadless, Norton and the surrounding area.
• Hawley Collection Trust - a unique collection of edge tools and associated documents built up over forty years by Ken Hawley.
• Hunter Archaeological Society - archaeology, history and architecture of South Yorkshire and North Derbyshire.
• I Dig Sheffield - an online guide to the archaeology around Sheffield and the Peak District.
• Kelham Island Industrial Museum
• "Life and Death in Elizabethan Norton" by Jos Kingston
• Martin Bridges' History of the Millhouses area.
• North East Derbyshire (some local history info)
• Rotherham and the surrounding area
• Rivelin Valley Conservation Group
• Sheffield History - Memories of Sheffield - a message board to share your memories and your old pictures.
• Sheffield Records Online
• Sheffield Indexers - a genealogical site for Sheffield and area
• Sheffield Records Online
• The Great Sheffield Flood - by Michael Armitage.
• Sheffield on the Internet - information source for Sheffield, South Yorkshire and the Peak District for business, tourism, visitors and expats.
• Sheffield Forum - for discussions about all aspects of Sheffield
• Treeton Web - The past and present of Treeton, Rotherham
• Wortley Top Forge industrial museum
• Eric Youle's Sheffield local history resources - Eric is in Australia but has posted an impressive amount of Sheffield local history information.

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U.K. Local History sites

• Bitterne Local History Society (Southampton)
• Buckingham Canal Society
• Don Tyzack's family history pages
• Durham Cathedral tour
• Fishponds local history(Bristol)
• Industrial history of Rugby
• Isle of Man Web: including Manx heritage sites
• Phil Baggley's Workington local history site
• Ribble Valley, Lancashire
• Virtual tour of Chester's walls

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Museums, galleries and exhibitions

• Kelham Island Industrial Museum, Sheffield
• Magna Science Adventure Centre
• Sheffield Millenium Gallery
• Sheffield Industrial Museums

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Reference sites

• Industrial Archaeology Recordings - video archives and comprehensive links to industrial history web sites.
• Old UK Ordnance Survey maps - searchable by area or town.
• Public Monuments and Sculpture Assocation (South Yorkshire Regional Archive Centre) - Trademark carvings on old industrial buildings, industrial memorials and other examples of public art.

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Archaeology links

• Antiquity - quarterly review of archaeology
• Boxgrove Archaeological Excavations
• Council for British Archaeology
• Current Archaeology
• Portable Antiquities Scheme
• UK Archaeology Opportunities - An independent listing of volunteer projects, courses and work experience in the UK and Ireland related to Archaeology
• York University Department of Archaeology

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Scythe links

• Burgon and Ball - agricultural and gardening tools manufacturer (UK)
• Little Mesters on line shop - Sheffield made tools (including Tyzack-Turner scythes)
• MJD Tools - antique tools and books (USA)
• The Scythe Source (USA)
• Scythe Supply (USA)
• Tool-Up - garden and agricultural tools (UK)
• Yetmans Ltd. - garden equipment (Canada)

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Cutlery and tool sites

• BuyBrandTools.com - tool belts, aprons, agricultural products, tool holders
• David Mellor Cutlery - stylish cutlery from the stunning round building factory.
• Don Alexander's Sheffield Made Shop - cutlery and other items made in Sheffield
• Egginton of Sheffield - manufacturers of Rodgers, Wostenholm and Ibberson knives
• Harrison Fisher and Company - manufacturer of Taylor's Eye Witness cutlery, knives and kitchen utensils
• Hiram Wild - cutlery manufacturer
• Little Mesters on line shop - Sheffield made gifts, cutlery and tools
• Pat Mitchell - cutlery manufacturer
• Sheffield Cutlery & Flatware - fine quality cutlery and flatware in silver, silver plate and stainless steel to order online.
• Sheffield Knives - knife and scissor manufacturers
• Silver Cutlery Designs
• Sterling Cutlers of Sheffield Ltd - manufacturer and retailer
• Viners of Sheffield - cutlery manufacturer and retailer
• William Turner - long established Sheffield cutlers.
• W. Wright - cutlery and silverware manufacturers
• Yates Brothers Ltd - cutlery handle and component manufacturers

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Water wheel and watermill sites

• Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet (Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England)
• Aberfeldy Watermill (Aberfeldy, Perthshire, Scotland)
• Churchill Forge (Churchill, Worcestershire, England)
• Acorn Bank Watermill (Temple Sowerby, Cumbria, England)
• Coldharbour Woollen Mill (Uffculme , Devon, England)
• Crabble Corn Mill (Dover, Kent, England)
• Darley Mill (Darley, North Yorkshire, England)
• Dunster Watermill (Dunster, Somerset, England)
• Dean Heritage Centre (Cinderford, Gloucestershire, England)
• Eling Tide Mill (Southampton, Hampshire, England)
• Ford End Watermill (Ivinghoe, Buckinghamshire, England)
• Gleaston Corn Mill (Ulverston, Cumbria, England)
• Haxted Water Mill (Edenbridge, Surrey, England)
• Letheringsett Watermill (Letheringsett, Norfolk, England)
• Little Salkeld Watermill (Penrith, Cumbria, England)
• Masson Mills (Matlock Bath, Derbyshire, England)
• New Lanark Mills (Lanark, Scotland)
• Quarry Bank Mill (Styal, Cheshire, England)
• Redbournbury Mill (St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England)
• Thwaite Mills (Leeds, West Yorkshire, England)
• Tolgus Tin Streaming Works (Redruth, Cornwall, England)
• Wellesbourne Watermill (Wellesbourne, Warwickshire, England)
• Wheal Martyn (St. Austell, Cornwall, England)
• Whitemill (Wimborne, Dorset, England)
• Woodbridge Tide Mill (Woodbridge, Suffolk, England)
• Wortley Top Forge (Wortley, South Yorkshire, England)

  For a comprehensive list of mill sites and other related links world-wide see
  

• Pond Lily Mill Restoration

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Other interesting sites

• Ancient Metallurgy Research Group - Bradford University group investigating iron smelting
• Bronze Age Crafts - Neil Burridge's reproduction Bronze Age foundry
• Bronze Age Foundry - Dave Chapman's version of a Bronze Age foundry
• Chris Topp and Co. - wrought iron works
• Experimental Iron Working - Tim Young's reports on iron smelting in a bloomery furnace
• Great Orme Prehistoric Copper Mines - Llandudno, Wales
• Guide to historic underwater wreck sites
• Henry Cort, Father of the Iron Trade - comprehensive information resulting from five years of research
• Sigma Press - local heritage and history books
• Talking History Forum - lots of interesting chat and information on a wide variety of topics

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