Nzvimbo yazvino inogarwa neGuta reSheffield inofungidzirwa kuti yave ichigarwa kubvira kunenge mukupera kweUpper Paleolithic, makore anenge 12,800 apfuura. Zvisinei, humbowo hwekutanga hwekugara kwevanhu munzvimbo yeSheffield hwakawanikwa kuCreswell Crags kumabvazuva kweguta. Muna Iron Age nzvimbo iyi yakava nzvimbo yekumaodzanyemba yedzinza rePennine rainzi maBrigantes. Idzi ndidzo dzinotendwa kuti dzakavaka matunhu akati wandei emakomo muSheffield nekukomberedza. Mushure mekubva kwevaRoma, nzvimbo yeSheffield ingangove yaive chikamu chekumaodzanyemba kwehumambo hweAnglo Britictonic yeElmet, ine nzizi dzeSheffield uye ichiumba chikamu chehumambo hwepakati pehumambo uhwu nehumambo hweMercia. Zvishoma nezvishoma, maAnglicans akasundira kumadokero kubva kuhumambo hweBritain hweBritain. Sheffield yakawanikwa kunze kweCreswell Crags kumabvazuva kweguta reEngland muna 824, zvisinei kuti hunhu hwakanga hwavakwa sei
Kubva muna 1570 kusvika muna 1584