Some nicknames we gave ourselves, others were given to us by others or social commentators. Some are affectionate, used to highlight some of this city’s greatest achievements, and others less so.
Before it was known by any of these names, or even Sheffield itself, the city was known as Escafeld, the name used for what is now the city when it was an Anglo-Saxon village, at the time of Domesday Book in 1086.
Since then it has gone on to pick up a liberal helping of nicknames, and here are eight of the better known ones – and one we think should be added.
Since then it has gone on to pick up a liberal helping of nicknames, and here are eight of the better known ones – and one we think should be added.
![England’s largest village has been a nickname picked up by Sheffield because many visitors find it a friendly place, where people are happy to talk in a way usually associated with much smaller places. It was also associated with crime rates traditionally been perceived as lower than other cities.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjU3ZWU3YTAxLWI5YmYtNGQ3NS1hNmIzLTkxMTkwNjVlNTVmOTpjNzk1ZDhjYS05NTNmLTQ2OTAtODI0MC04YzNlNmU3NjgyNDE=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
5. England's largest village
England’s largest village has been a nickname picked up by Sheffield because many visitors find it a friendly place, where people are happy to talk in a way usually associated with much smaller places. It was also associated with crime rates traditionally been perceived as lower than other cities. Photo: James Hardisty
![A far cry from its historic, sooty, ‘Black Sheffield’ image, the Green City has been applied to Sheffield because of its many large parks, as well as the rolling hills and countryside that border it, with the vast Peak District national park on its border.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjQwMTg0YjA1LTY2OWUtNDlmNi1hNDZmLWM3MGMyNmVjMmJlYzoxOTUyZTA2Yy1jZWMwLTRkOTQtOTEzNi0zYmJmNDVlYWJiZDU=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
6. The Green city
A far cry from its historic, sooty, ‘Black Sheffield’ image, the Green City has been applied to Sheffield because of its many large parks, as well as the rolling hills and countryside that border it, with the vast Peak District national park on its border. Photo: Robert Cumber
![It was not just Sheffield – but the city was very much part of the nickname of the Socialist Republic of South Yorkshire, applied to the old South Yorkshire County Council back in the 1970s and 1980s, at a time of a strong left wing politics in the area, when the coal mines and steelworks were still big employers in the area. This picture shows pickets from Hadfields Limited on the march during the steel strike in 1980](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjAzYTFkMWY5LTRhZDItNDcwMC1hZjg5LTY2Nzk1YzQ3MjgyZTo4ZmIwMmYzZi1kNTJjLTQ0YTUtYjllOS00ZDIzMDIwMDZkNTE=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
7. Socialist Republic of South Yorkshire
It was not just Sheffield – but the city was very much part of the nickname of the Socialist Republic of South Yorkshire, applied to the old South Yorkshire County Council back in the 1970s and 1980s, at a time of a strong left wing politics in the area, when the coal mines and steelworks were still big employers in the area. This picture shows pickets from Hadfields Limited on the march during the steel strike in 1980 Photo: Sheffield Newspapers
![We who live in the city have long been dubbed ‘Dee Dars’ by those living in some of the neighbouring boroughs and districts, where they think we say dee rathar than thee.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjBkYzgyYjFiLWUxZjktNDhkOS1hMTQ0LTc1MWRhNTZmNzFjMTo3Y2IxYmQwZS1jMGMzLTQ3NTgtYjRmNC00N2NmMjk5Yzg5M2M=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
8. Dee Dar land
We who live in the city have long been dubbed ‘Dee Dars’ by those living in some of the neighbouring boroughs and districts, where they think we say dee rathar than thee. Photo: Chris Etchells