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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Moorfields like this:
MOORFIELDS, a chapelry in Sheffield parish, W. R. Yorkshire; within Sheffield borough. It was constituted in 1846; and its Post town is Sheffield. Pop. in 1861, 6,254. Houses, 1,178. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of York. Value, £300. Patron, alternately the Crown and the Archbishop. The church stands in Cupola-street; was erected by subscription; and is a neat structure in the pointed style, with bell-turret.
Moorfields is now part of SHEFFIELD District. Click here for graphs and data of how SHEFFIELD has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Moorfields itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Moorfields, in Sheffield and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24855
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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