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6 unusual facts about Attercliffe


Barbara Hofland

She went to live with her mother-in-law in Attercliffe, and supported herself partly from generous subscriptions given for a book of her poetry.

Dissenting academies

Richard Frankland of Rathmell Academy and Timothy Jollie of Attercliffe, founders of two of the most celebrated early academies, opposed any departure from Calvinist theology.

Education in Sheffield

The first school to be built in England under the Act was Newhall School at Attercliffe in 1873.

Joshua Bayes

Being dedicated from his birth to the nonconformist ministry, he was placed under the tuition of Richard Frankland, of Attercliffe in Yorkshire, on 15 Nov. 1686.

Sheffield Attercliffe by-election, 1909

A by-election was held for the British House of Commons constituency of Sheffield Attercliffe on 4 May 1909.

The Young Tradition

The Young Tradition was formed on 18 April 1965 by Peter Bellamy (8 September 1944 – 19 September 1991), Royston Wood (born 1935 died 8 April 1990) and Heather Wood (born Arielle Heather Wood, 31 March 1945, Attercliffe, Sheffield, Yorkshire) (who was unrelated to Royston Wood).


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