United Kingdom

Whirlow Hall Farm

Roman and Brigantian villa site, 1st–2nd century AD

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Whirlow Hall Farm is a working farm situated on Broad Elms Lane at Whirlow in the City of Sheffield, England. Since 1979 it has been the site of the Whirlow Hall Farm Trust, a registered charity which allows children and young people to visit a working farm. The site includes various Grade II listed buildings including Whirlow Farmhouse built on the site of the old Whirlow Hall. In the yard below the farmhouse is Whirlow Hall Cottage (sometimes called Low House) along with two ancient cruck barns and a cow shed.

Paleolithic
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1303

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16th century

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1720

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1725

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1795

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1843

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1943

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1949

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1979

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1980

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1983

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2011

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United Kingdom

Coordinates

53.34° N, -1.53° E