Sheffield, S1 - Paradise Square
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Sheffield, S1 - Paradise Square
Image: © David Hallam-Jones Taken: 27 Oct 2012
Paradise Street is seen on the right and Silver Street Head on the left. The reasoning behind the use of the name Paradise Square, the central feature, is uncertain although local historians R.E.Leader and S.O.Addy have speculated that it may be an allusion to the ancient use of Paradise or Parvis as the name for a garden or enclosed space near to a church. The first recorded assembly in Paradise Square was on 15 July 1779 when John Wesley preached to what he would later note in his journal as "the largest congregation I ever saw on a weekday".
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Image Location
Latitude
53.38452
Longitude
-1.4703