History & Heritage

Story by Graham Jones | Photos by Polly Perkins. In the last edition we saw how Pitsmoor Road was part of the original main route from Sheffield to the North. But it was also the [Read more]

Story and photos by Scott Engering. During the COVID-19 Pandemic, as a geologist and photographer, I set out to further explore local ‘urban geology’, Burngreave Cemetery being a particular highlight. Entering by the main gates, [Read more]

Story by Sarah Cattell. Photo by Rita Walcock in 2018. In September this year, the South Yorkshire Local Heritage List project was launched, along with its accompanying website https://local-heritage-list.org.uk/south-yorkshire. The project’s aim is to encourage [Read more]

Story by Graham Jones. Photos by Richard Webb. The 3rd in our series of history walks around Burngreave. Built in 1837 and standing at the junction of Burngreave, Pitsmoor and Barnsley Roads, Pitsmoor Toll Bar [Read more]

In 2021 Little Amal (a 3.5 metre tall puppet representing a 9 year old Syrian refugee girl) will begin her 8000 kilometre walk through Europe from the Syria-Turkey border and ending in Sheffield and Manchester. [Read more]

Story and main photo by Deborah Egan. Abbeyfield House was built in 1850 by local colliery owner William Pass and bizarrely, he decided to call the house Pitsmoor Abbey despite there being no religious activity [Read more]

Friends of Abbeyfield Park invite you to an open day at Abbeyfield House on Saturday 18th September, 1 to 4pm with tours of the house, food tasting and food making workshops. The house opens its [Read more]

To add to our community listings calendar, send your event info (30 words or less) to listings@burngreavemessenger.org Anything we’ve missed can go on our online calendar: Saturday 5th June: Annual Well Dressing and Big Lunch [Read more]

Out and about in Burngreave Local performance outerwear designers Dark Peak have donated two of their lightweight NESSH down jackets for an Out and About in Burngreave competition. For a chance to win one, send [Read more]

In a heated debate, pupils from Pye Bank Primary School decide if they think Emmeline Pankhurst was a hero or a criminal. Pye Bank pupil Hamish Fagan says: Emmeline Pankhurst was an activist who played [Read more]

Story by Graham Jones. We’ll start at the foot of Spital Hill and walk to Ellesmere Green.As we stand, our back to Wicker Arches at the bottom of Spital Hill, looking up the hill, there’s [Read more]

Ignite Imaginations have offered their withdrawal from the Remember Windrush project following comments questioning why an organisation with a mostly white staffing body and board were given funding. In our latest issue we ran an [Read more]

Story by Neill Schofield | Photos by Friends of Parkwood Springs and Bernadette O’Callaghan The pandemic has had a big effect on both Parkwood Springs and the Friends Group. On the positive side, it has [Read more]

Story and photo by Drew Dallen Both Burngreave Cemetery chapels have had their roofs repaired this month. This is another step on the road to getting these chapels functioning for community use. Now the roofs [Read more]