Why Is It Called Sheffield? A Walk Through the Steel City | KofyImages

Welcome to KofyImages, where we explore cities through pictures. This time we're in Sheffield, the Steel City of South Yorkshire. Find out where the name Sheffield comes from (it's hiding in one of its rivers), how a town of knife makers became world famous for steel and stainless steel, and what the city is like today: the Peace Gardens and Holberry Cascades, Sheffield Town Hall, the Winter Garden, the Millennium Gallery, Sheffield Cathedral, the free Connect buses and the Supertram, the weather, and city life. Download the KofyImages app on iOS and Android, and visit https://kofyimages.com for more city exploration. CHAPTERS 0:00 Intro 0:16 Sheffield 1:22 What's in a name? 3:09 Forged in steel 5:33 The city centre 10:17 Getting around 12:08 The weather 13:24 City life 15:06 Goodbye QUICK FACTS The name: the River Sheaf (Old English for a boundary) + feld (open countryside): "the open land by the River Sheaf". Five rivers meet here: the Don, Sheaf, Rivelin, Loxley and Porter. Sheffield has made cutlery for more than 700 years; crucible steel (1740s), Sheffield plate and stainless steel were developed here. City status: 1893. Town Hall opened by Queen Victoria in 1897. Winter Garden: opened 2003, about 70 m long and 21 m high, more than 2,000 plants. Weather (Met Office, 1991-2020): July average high about 21°C, January about 7°C, about 830 mm of rain a year. About a third of the city lies in the Peak District National Park; around 4.5 million trees. MUSIC Getaway, Dollar Signs and Stares - Benjamin Andrews Ancient History - Bosley Lets Go Back - Patrick Patrikios Here For A While - Everet Almond SOURCES Met Office climate averages (Sheffield, 1991-2020); Wikipedia: Sheffield, Sheffield Town Hall, Peace Gardens, Millennium Square (Sheffield), Sheffield Winter Garden, Millennium Gallery, Sheffield Cathedral; thetrams.co.uk (Supertram history).