The British Archaeological Association

The British Archaeological Association, Sheffield, 1873. '...the parish church of St. Peter...is a rather stately building, with a lofty tower and crocheted spire...The Shrewsbury Chapel...was built in the reign of Henry VIII. by the fourth Earl of Shrewsbury...His monument here is an altar-tomb, with effigies in alabaster of himself and his two Countesses...The ruins of the ancient Manor House...next visited, are not far outside the town...Broom Hall...has preserved in its ancient gable a fine example of the old English timbered method of domestic architecture...Conisborough, or Coningsborough, Castle is known to the readers of Sir Walter Scott's "Ivanhoe"...It is a massive round tower, occupying the whole summit of a wooded knoll, above the valley of the Don...The Abbey de Bello Capite, or Beauchief, is situated in Derbyshire...What remains of it is a magnificent old tower...On the bridge over the Don at Rotherham is a little wayside chapel, lately used as a lock-up cell for police purposes. Eight miles beyond Rotherham...are the ruins of [Roche] a Cistercian abbey...Of the old abbey yet remains the main gateway, with part of the chancel and transepts. Tickhill...castle [was] built soon after the Conquest...the gateway tower alone remains'. From "Illustrated London News", 1873. Creator: Unknown. (Photo by The Print Collector/Heritage Images via Getty Images)