Stannington Village -

Stannington Village - A Brief History

In the beginning Stannington wasn't really a town or village but a series of small areas of habitation. These were Nethergate, Uppergate and Knoll (Knowle) Top. Stannington was however a township.

The earliest known records of Stannington come from Roman times (c124CE). This was a document that has since become known as the 'Stannington Diploma'. It was discovered, by accident (isn't that usually the case!), in 1761 by a farmer ploughing a field on the Lawns. He uncovered several fragments of a brass plate (Now in British Museum). This, when decyphered, confers on the son of Albanus, an area of ground in Stannington for his 25 years of loyal service to the Empire. Incidently this son of Albanus was a foot soldier from a Belguim tribe. Perhaps the first incident in Stannington of an econmic migarant!

In the Domesday book, Stannington is listed as being part of the Parish of Bradfield.

Records show that in the 12th and 13th Century, people were linving in Stannington. These would be probably farmers. A hall, Stannnington Hall was constructed in the 15th century. Where it was or what it looked like is lost to history.

It appears that Stannington was very much an agricultural area with cottage industries of clay extraction, pen knife making and paper manufacture. It is probable that men worked in the mills of the the Rivelin and Loxley valleys.

In more recent years the village has become a suburb of Sheffield and as such has no local industry.