Fulwood History Group

Where was Storth House and who lived there? This recent article on our website provides answers: https://www.fulwoodhistory.uk/announcements/ebenezer-parker-and-storth-house/

A summary of December's meeting is available on our website: https://www.fulwoodhistory.uk/category/minutes-of-discussions/

Map reproduced below with the permission of the National Library of Scotland https://maps.nls.uk/

Storth House was built about 1851. I think the last owner was Frank Guthrie Norton who lived there until the late 1950s.
But when was it demolished and Storth Park?
Does anyone know?
Keith

A summary of November's meeting can be found on our website: https://www.fulwoodhistory.uk/minutes-of-discussions/record-of-fhg-meeting-20-11-25/

Of interest to anyone curious about Sheffield's history: Sheffield's First Railway - Part 1 Norfolk Park and Part 2 Manor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SL_3o9mecpc&t=17s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_v0w3TznNA&t=30s

Sheffield’s FIRST Railway – The Lost Manor Coal Tramway Join me as we uncover Sheffield’s first proper railway — the Lost Manor Coal Tramway, built in 1830 to serve the Duke of Norfolk’s Manor Park pits. This earl...

A summary of our recent October meeting, back indoors, is now available on our website:

Record of FHG Meeting 16/10/25 - Fulwood History Group Record of FULWOOD HISTORY GROUP MEETING 17th October 2025 Present: D.A., J.B., M.L., C.M., K.P., J.P. At our first meeting since the summer and back in Broomhill Library, our discussion included: Archaeological dig in Broomhill Library Garden taking place (ML) … Continue reading →

Contumacious – The Accidental Tree-Hugger - with Calvin Payne Join Calvin Payne for a rebellious journey of environmental activism and redemption in the Sheffield street tree protests.

Not Fulwood, but nearby. Scissors, Paper, Stone is a community history project which 'explores the origins of St John's Church in Ranmoor: the people who built it, the community which founded it and the people it served'. Its website is worth exploring for information and news of events taking place.

There won't be meeting this evening as such as instead there is a talk taking place at our usual meeting place of Broomhill Library. The talk is one of many events taking place this week as part of Sheffield's Heritage Open Days:

Broomhill Community Library - Designing for People, Landscape and Heritage Landscape Architect Ollie Pike will talk about some of his latest projects that connect people, place and heritage including the Percy Cane Heritage Garden and National Trust garden at Lyveden Manor.

A brief summary of our July meeting, (which took place outdoors once again), can be found on the Fulwood History Group website: https://www.fulwoodhistory.uk/minutes-of-discussions/record-of-fhg-meeting-17-7-25/

Here's news of an upcoming event: bring your Fulwood finds (or any finds) or just come along to have a look...

Our June meeting took place outdoors so we could take advantage of a beautiful midsummer evening while learning about the history of the fields above Forge Dam and the cluster of buildings around Brook House. More information and a summary of the meeting can be found on the Fulwood History Group website: https://www.fulwoodhistory.uk/minutes-of-discussions/3718/