Early History
- Iron Age: Brigantes constructed forts at Wincobank and Carl Wark, and the Roman Rig dyke.
- c70: A Roman fort was constructed at Templeborough.
- Early 9th century: The Sheffield Cross, an Anglo-Saxon cross was carved. It is thought that this was erected on the (future) site of Sheffield Cathedral.
- 829: According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, King Egbert of Wessex received the submission of King Eanred of Northumbria at the hamlet of Dore (now a suburb of Sheffield).
- 942: Edmund I of England re-conquered the Midlands, and advanced as far as Dore.
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