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===Pre-19th century===

[[File:Bishops House 2011.jpg|thumb|[[Bishops' House., Sheffield|Bishops' House]], built c.1500]]

At the time of the [[Norman Conquest]] Sheffield was a small [[Hamlet (place)|hamlet]] dominated by a wooden [[long house]] occupied by [[Waltheof, 1st Earl of Northampton]], which later became the site of the two [[Sheffield Castle|castles]].

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Due to the conditions in the well, animal bones and plant remains (possibly including microscopic pollen grains) have been preserved and will be analysed the University's Department of Archaeology laboratories.

Sheffield's second parish church was built in 1280, replacing the previous 11th-century structure. This was replaced in 1430 with the core of the current structure. [[Lady's Bridge]], the oldest in the city, was built in 1485. The oldest domestic buildings were built in the late 15th century and the turn of the 16th century. [[Old Queen's Head]] pub was built in 1475, [[Broom Hall]] in 1498, and [[Bishops' House, Sheffield|Bishops' House]] around 1500.

[[Sheffield Manor]] was built in 1510 as an alternative residence for the [[Earl of Shrewsbury]]. The manor was to later become famous when [[Mary, Queen of Scots]], was imprisoned there. Sheffield Castle was largely destroyed during the civil war. The manor was largely demolished in 1706.