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	The chapel, surrounded by its [[cemetery]], and lying on the south bank of the [[River Don, South Yorkshire\|River Don]], was largely rebuilt in 1909, but retains its period atmosphere. It is [[listed buildings\|Grade II listed]].<ref>{{NHLE\|num=1246475 \|desc=Attercliffe Chapel\|accessdate=13 November 2024}}</ref>		The chapel, surrounded by its [[cemetery]], and lying on the south bank of the [[River Don, South Yorkshire\|River Don]], was largely rebuilt in 1909, but retains its period atmosphere. It is [[listed buildings\|Grade II listed]].<ref>{{NHLE\|num=1246475 \|desc=Attercliffe Chapel\|accessdate=13 November 2024}}</ref>

	As of 2014, the Sheffield congregation of this Presbyterian Church began meeting at the chapel.<ref>{{cite web\|url=~~http~~://www.sheffieldpres.org.uk/ \|title=Sheffield Presbyterian Church \|accessdate= 1 May 2023}}</ref>		As of 2014, the Sheffield congregation of this Presbyterian Church began meeting at the chapel.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.sheffieldpres.org.uk/ \|title=Sheffield Presbyterian Church \|accessdate= 1 May 2023}}</ref>

	==Famous interments==		==Famous interments==

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[[File:Attercliffe Chapel.jpg|thumb|right|The chapel, seen from the south]]
'''Attercliffe Chapel''', also known as the '''Hill Top Chapel''', is a [[Gothic architecture|Gothic]] [[chapel]] in [[Attercliffe]], now a [[suburb]] of [[Sheffield]], South Yorkshire, England. The chapel was constructed in 1629, when Attercliffe was a township separate from Sheffield, although in the same [[parish]]. Consecration took place on St. Matthias' day, 24 February 1630.

By the 1840s, the chapel was used only for funeral services.<ref>[[George Calvert Holland]], ''The Vital Statistics of Sheffield'', p. 225.</ref>

[[File:Tomb of Benjamin Huntsman.jpg|thumb|Tomb of [[Benjamin Huntsman]], in the graveyard of the chapel]]
The chapel, surrounded by its [[cemetery]], and lying on the south bank of the [[River Don, South Yorkshire|River Don]], was largely rebuilt in 1909, but retains its period atmosphere. It is [[listed buildings|Grade II listed]].<ref>{{NHLE|num=1246475 |desc=Attercliffe Chapel|accessdate=13 November 2024}}</ref>

As of 2014, the Sheffield congregation of this Presbyterian Church began meeting at the chapel.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sheffieldpres.org.uk/ |title=Sheffield Presbyterian Church |accessdate= 1 May 2023}}</ref>

==Famous interments==
* [[Benjamin Huntsman]], inventor
* [[William Staniforth]], surgeon

==In popular culture==
The exterior of the chapel was a location used in the music video for [[Cabaret Voltaire (band)|Cabaret Voltaire]]'s single "Sensoria". The video was directed by [[Peter Care]] and released in 1984.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hrionline.ac.uk/mobile-tours/sheffield-music-map/tour/location.php?app_id=1&tour_id=8&marker=109&n=6 |title=Mal's Cabaret Voltaire Tour |access-date=11 October 2014 |archive-date=16 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141016174901/http://www.hrionline.ac.uk/mobile-tours/sheffield-music-map/tour/location.php?app_id=1&tour_id=8&marker=109&n=6 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Attercliffe]]
[[Category:Chapels in England]]
[[Category:Churches in Sheffield]]
[[Category:English Gothic architecture in South Yorkshire]]
[[Category:Grade II listed buildings in Sheffield]]
[[Category:Grade II listed churches in South Yorkshire]]

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Attercliffe Chapel - Revision history

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