sheffield-made

Updated: June 2, 2025

We are told that Sheffield manufactures of metals began in the days of the Romans, and also that Sheffield-made arrows fell thickly at Crecy and Agincourt. Richmond used them with effect at Bosworth Field, and in the sixteenth century we read of Sheffield knives and whittles.

Joel Cook - England, Picturesque and Descriptive: A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel