The buildings and monuments featured in this gallery were once prominent features of the city skyline, but they are now lost to history.
Drawing from the archives, we showcase some of Sheffield's most famous Victorian landmarks that were demolished in the decades following an era that fundamentally shaped the city.
From a stunning number of theatres and picture houses that our forebears used to visit for their entertainment to long lost football stadiums that helped shape the foundations of a game that we know (and in many cases follow avidly) today.
In this collection of images from years gone by, we have also included some of the city’s former architecturally striking churches and civic buildings.
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Take a look at the gallery below to see what we are missing and the related backstories from a long-past era which is now bringing forth a whole new wave of high rise buildings across the city.
The pictures provide detailed information on each structure, including when and why it was lost.
13. Bridgehouses Goods Station (left), with Manchester Hotel in the foreground, in March 1972. Photo: Picture Sheffield/Albert Coe/Myra Coe
Bridgehouses Goods Station (left), with Manchester Hotel in the foreground, in March 1972. Opened in 1845 as an original railway terminus before Sheffield Victoria, its passenger facilities faded after 1851, and the wider site was dismantled over the 20th century during the construction of inner ring roads. Photo: Picture Sheffield/Albert Coe/Myra Coe | Picture Sheffield/Albert Coe/Myra Coe
14. Cole Brothers
The old Cole Brothers department store stood at the corner of Fargate and Church Street, in Sheffield city centre, for many years, before the new premises opened at Barker's Pool in 1963. The original site, still widely known as Coles Corner, is now home to a Burger King restaurant. | Sheffield Newspapers