Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1852 - 2014 (Creation)
Level of description
Subfonds
Extent and medium
9 boxes
Name of creator
Repository
Archival history
In 1853, Saint Vincent’s Mission in Sheffield was founded by Canon Edmund Scully CM with the opening of schools and foundation of an Altar Society. The mission was in response to Irish people fleeing the potato famine in Ireland from 1846, which had resulted in a large Catholic Irish population in Sheffield among other large UK cities. The Bishop of Beverley had invited Canon Scully to lead the mission due to poverty and neglect being experienced by these people.
The foundation stone of the church was laid on 25 March 1856, and the church was blessed on 15 December of that year. The Vincentians had acquired a community house in 90 Garden Street by this time. The first Vincentians on this mission were Michael Burke CM, Thomas Plunket CM, James Kelly CM and John Bradley CM, the latter of whom was not a priest but a lay brother.
For over one hundred years, they managed church, cemetery and schools for the parishioners.
The archive also holds a number of volumes of the parish magazine, ‘The Vincentian’, for 1914, 1915, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1929-30, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1938 and 1939. 1916 and 1931 are missing. There was no magazine published 1920-1928, and probably not for 1935.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Scope and content
The archive contains letters, minutes, accounts, secondary sources and photographs regarding the Sheffield presence of the Vincentians.
CONTENTS
Reference Title
CMI/X/H/SHF(1&2)/1 Sheffield Vincentian History
CMI/X/H/SHF(1)/1/1 Summary of History of Saint Vincent’s, Sheffield, 1853-1926
CMI/X/H/SHF(1)/1/2 History of Saint Vincent’s Schools, 1853-1985
CMI/X/H/SHF(1)/1/3 History of Saint Vincent’s, Sheffield
CMI/X/H/SHF(1)/1/4 History of Saint Vincent’s, Sheffield
CMI/X/H/SHF(1)/1/5 ‘Sheffield History of Vins’
CMI/X/H/SHF(1)/1/6 History of Saint Vincent’s, Sheffield
CMI/X/H/SHF(1)/1/7 ‘A Detailed History of St. Vincent’s Church, Sheffield, 1846-1955’
CMI/X/H/SHF(2)/1/8 ‘St. Vincent’s: History of a Parish 1853-2003’
CMI/X/H/SHF(2)/1/9 ‘St. Vincent’s, Sheffield’ by EJ Cullen, 1933
CMI/X/H/SHF(2)/1/10 Extract regarding Saint Vincent’s, Sheffield
CMI/X/H/SHF(2)/1/11 Events leading to Foundation in Sheffield
CMI/X/H/SHF(2)/1/12 ‘A History of Saint Maries’s Mission and Church’
CMI/X/H/SHF(2)/1/13 Former Saint Joseph’s Church, Walkley, Howard Hill, Sheffield
CMI/X/H/SHF(2)/1/14 ‘The History of St. Joseph’s Home and Hospital’
CMI/X/H/SHF(2)/1/15 Saint Joseph’s School at Walkley
CMI/X/H/SHF(2)/1/16 ‘Saint Michael’s Cemetery, Sheffield’
CMI/X/H/SHF(2)/1/17 ‘Saint Vincent’s Church, Sheffield’
CMI/X/H/SHF(2)/1/18 ‘St. Vincent’s Catholic Church – A Short History’
CMI/X/H/SHF(2)/1/19 ‘The Illustrated Guide to Sheffield and the Surrounding District’
CMI/X/H/SHF(2&3)/2 Sheffield Correspondence
CMI/X/H/SHF(2)/2/1 Copies of Documents in CM Curia Archives, Rome
CMI/X/H/SHF(2)/2/2 Documentation until early 1900s
CMI/X/H/SHF(2)/2/3 Buildings, Lands and Accounts of Sheffield Property
CMI/X/H/SHF(3)/2/4 Saint Vincent’s and Saint Joseph’s Schools
CMI/X/H/SHF(3)/2/5 Saint Michael’s Church and Cemetery, Rivelin
CMI/X/H/SHF(3)/2/6 Dispute regarding Parish Boundaries
CMI/X/H/SHF(3)/2/7 Compulsory Purchase Order and Housing Confirmation Order
CMI/X/H/SHF(3)/2/8 Sheffield Vincentian Property and News
CMI/X/H/SHF(3)/2/9 Refurbishment of Saint Vincent’s Hall, Church and Caretaker’s House
CMI/X/H/SHF(3)/2/10 Sheffield Property, Finances and Change of Roles
CMI/X/H/SHF(3)/2/11 Closure of Saint Joseph’s School and some other topics
CMI/X/H/SHF(3)/2/12 Vincentian Sheffield Property
CMI/X/H/SHF(3)/2/13 Vincentian Sheffield Finance
CMI/X/H/SHF(3)/2/14 Eyre Trust
CMI/X/H/SHF(3)/2/15 Plans of Properties; Notice of Entry; Compulsory Purchase Order
CMI/X/H/SHF(3)/2/16 Finances relating to Sheffield Properties
CMI/X/H/SHF(3)/2/17 Vincentian Sheffield Finance and Property
CMI/X/H/SHF(4&5&6)/3 Sheffield House & Parish
CMI/X/H/SHF(4)/3/1 Groups and Societies
CMI/X/H/SHF(4)/3/2 Notebooks of Minutes, Missions, Visitations and Masses
CMI/X/H/SHF(5)/3/3 Photographs
CMI/X/H/SHF(5)/3/4 Legal
CMI/X/H/SHF(5)/3/5 Booklets and Leaflets
CMI/X/H/SHF(5)/3/6 Various regarding House, Church and Parish
CMI/X/H/SHF(6)/3/7 New Church Project
CMI/X/H/SHF(6)/4 Sheffield Research
CMI/X/H/SHF(7)/5 Sheffield Files from Provincial Office
CMI/X/H/SHF(7)/5/1 Sheffield Finance
CMI/X/H/SHF(7&8)/5/2 Sheffield Properties
CMI/X/H/SHF(8)/5/3 Sheffield Trusts
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions governing access
We endeavour to make our archives accessible as much as possible for family history and academic / local history research.
Occasionally, there will be a few items that we cannot make available due to closure periods.