Ecclesall Ward—which includes the districts of Bents Green, Ecclesall, Greystones, Millhouses, and Ringinglow—is one of the 28 electoral wards in City of Sheffield, England. It is located in the southwestern part of the city and covers an area of 9.4 km². The population of this ward in 2001 was 18,600 people in 7,300 households. In the 2004 local elections Roger Noel Davison (2005 Lord Mayor of Sheffield), Ruth Kathryn (Kate) Dawson, and Sylvia Jane Dunkley—all Liberal Democrats—were returned as councilors for the ward. Ecclesall ward is one of the five wards that make up the Sheffield Hallam Parliamentary constituency. Ecclesall is one of the wealthiest wards in the entire country, with a 2002 deprivation score of 4.7 - making it the 8,105th most deprived (hence 309th least deprived) ward out of 8,414 wards in the country. The demographic consists largely of white, middle-class, suburban families. Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough in the north of England. ... This article is about the city in England. ... Jump to: navigation, search Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (mid-2004) - Density Ranked 1st UK... Jump to: navigation, search 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Councillor Patrick (Pat) John Stannard, Lord Mayor of Oxford (2004). ... The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a social liberal political party based in the United Kingdom. ... Sheffield Hallam is a Parliamentary constituency covering south west Sheffield. ... A County constituency is a constituency in the United Kingdom that covers a predominantly rural area. ...

Parks and recreation

About half of Ecclesall ward is made up of rural areas, parkland, or woodland. These areas include a large portion of the 1.35 square kilometre Ecclesall Wood, an area of ancient woodland (it has existed since at least the 16th century) that is known locally for being a bluebell wood. In the north section of the ward is Bingham Park, Whirlow woods and the Mayfield valley, Millhouses Park marks the ward's southern boundary. The ward also includes some of Whirlow Brook Park and the Limb valley. The Sheffield Round Walk skirts the ward, running through a number of these parks. (15th century - 16th century - 17th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 to 1600. ... Bluebell wood, Lanhydrock Garden A bluebell wood denotes woodland that typifies the beauty of an English spring. ...

Schools

There are two secondary schools within Ecclesall ward, High Storrs School and Silverdale School. The ward also includes Ecclesall Junior School, Dobcroft Junior School, Greystones Primary School, Mylnhurst Convent School, and St Wilfrid's Primary School.

Transportation

Ecclesall Road is the main road (A625) from central Sheffield to the south west, at first following the Porter Brook, then running through Ecclesall and Dore. The road is a major shopping area. Attractions including the Sheffield Botanical Gardens and the Sheffield General Cemetery lie alongside it, as do two of the three campuses of Sheffield Hallam University. Abbeydale Road South (A621) is another major road that runs through the ward. The Midland Mainline railway line runs along the southern boundary of the ward, the closest stations are outside of the ward at Sheffield (city centre) and Dore—the former Millhouses and Ecclesall station was closed on 10 June 1968. The Sheffield Supertram currently has no routes through Ecclesall ward, but a planned extension to Dore would skirt the southern boundary. Britain has a long history, and has many ancient roads and trackways dating back to the Roman occupation and before, including the worlds oldest engineered road yet discovered, the Sweet Track dating from the 3800s BC. With the advent of the car and the huge expansion in the numbers... The Porter Brook is a river in Sheffield, England. ... Dore (grid reference SK311812) is a village in South Yorkshire. ... Look up shop in Wiktionary, the free dictionary A shop is an enclosed location where a specific activity is carried out. ... The Glass Houses, Sheffield Botanical Gardens The Sheffield Botanical Gardens are botanical gardens situated off Ecclesall Road in Sheffield, England, with 5,000 species of plant in 19 acres (77,000 m²) of land. ... The General Cemetery is a cemetery in the City of Sheffield, England that opened in 1836 and closed for burial in 1978. ... Sheffield Hallam University (SHU) is a university in Sheffield, England. ... This article is about the train operating company Midland Mainline. ... Jump to: navigation, search June 10 is the 161st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (162nd in leap years), with 204 days remaining. ... 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... The Sheffield Supertram is a tram network in Sheffield, England. ...

History

Ecclesall ward was created in the redrawing of the city's ward boundaries in June 2004. It includes parts of the old Ecclesall, Beauchief, Hallam and Nether Edge wards. The boundaries of the ward include about half of the area that was historically known as Ecclesall Bierlow—one of the six 'townships' that made up the old Parish of Sheffield. Ecclesall Bierlow encompassed most of the land between the River Sheaf and the Porter Brook from The Moor to Ringinglow. It also included the areas of Broomhall and Crookesmoor to the north of Porter Brook. Though this area contained numerous small villages and hamlets, there was never a village called Ecclesall. In ancient times this area was part of the Barnsdale Forest that, together with Sherwood Forest, made up the forest of the Robin Hood legends. The River Sheaf marked the boundary between the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of Mercia and Deira (later Northumbria). In fact the earliest historical record of this area refers to the submission of the Northumbrian army to Egbert of Wessex at nearby Dore in 829. June is the sixth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four with the length of 30 days. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2004(MMIV) is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Beauchief is a village, formerly in Derbyshire, England, which has become a suburb of Sheffield. ... Nether Edge is an established residential suburb of Sheffield. ... The River Sheaf is a river in South Yorkshire, England. ... The Porter Brook is a river in Sheffield, England. ... Central ward is one of the 28 electoral wards in City of Sheffield, England. ... Broomhill ward—which includes the districts of Broomhill, Crookesmoor, Endcliffe, and Tapton—is one of the 28 electoral wards in City of Sheffield, England. ... See Barnsdale ... Jump to: navigation, search Sherwood Forest is a country park surrounding the village of Edwinstowe in Nottinghamshire, England, the remnant of a much larger forest historically associated with the legend of Robin Hood. ... Jump to: navigation, search Robin Hood is the archetypal English folk hero, an outlaw who, in modern versions of the legend, stole from the rich to give to the poor. ... The River Sheaf is a river in South Yorkshire, England. ... The Anglo-Saxons refers collectively to the groups of Germanic tribes who achieved dominance in southern Britain from the mid-5th century, forming the basis for the modern English nation. ... Mercia, sometimes spelled Mierce, was one of the kingdoms of the Anglo-Saxon heptarchy, in what is now England, in the region of the Midlands, with its heart in the valley of the River Trent and its tributary streams. ... Deira (from Brythonic Deifr, meaning waters) was a kingdom in England during the 6th century AD. It later merged with the kingdom of Bernicia (Brythonic, Brynaich) to the north to form the kingdom of Northumbria. ... Section from Shepherds map of the British Isles about 802 AD showing the kingdom of Northumbria Northumbria is primarily the name of an Anglian kingdom which was formed in Great Britain at the beginning of the 7th century, and of the much smaller earldom which succeeded the kingdom. ... Northumbria is primarily the name of an Anglian or Anglo-Saxon kingdom which was formed in Great Britain at the beginning of the 7th century, and of the earldom which succeeded the kingdom. ... Egbert (also Ecgberht or Ecgbert) (c. ... Dore (grid reference SK311812) is a village in South Yorkshire. ... Events Egbert of Wessex conquers Mercia and is recognized as Bretwalda. ...

Ecclesall Corn Mill at Millhouses.

The name Ecclesall (from 'Heeksel-Hallr' meaning the witches' hill) is not mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086—at that time Ecclesall was a part of the manor of Hallam. The name is first found about 150 years later in the name of Sir Ralphus De Ecclesall a knight of the realm who had settled in the area. The De Ecclesall family gave land to the monks at Beauchief and established a corn mill on the river Sheaf, which they subsequently also gave to Beauchief Abbey. Many of the buildings of Ecclesall corn mill can still be seen at the northern end of Millhouses park—the district of Millhouses taking its name from this mill. In payment for the mill the monks of Beauchief were to provide a canon to say prayers daily at the Ecclesall chapel, a small chapel that had been built in 1046. These services continued at the chapel until the Dissolution of the Monestries when Beauchief Abbey was abandoned. The chapel was restored in 1622 but was demolished when the present church was built nearby in 1789. Ecclesall Mill, Sheffield, England. ... Ecclesall Mill, Sheffield, England. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Events Domesday Book is completed in England Emperor Shirakawa of Japan starts his cloistered rule Imam Ali Mosque is rebuilt by the Seljuk Malik Shah I after being destroyed by fire. ... Hallam can mean: the area of South Yorkshire called Hallamshire, or the parliamentary constituency Sheffield Hallam, or Sheffield Hallam University named after it; Hallam, Victoria, Australia Hallam, Nebraska a number of people with the surname Hallam, including: William and Lewis Hallam, who brought professional theatre to North America Tracey Hallam... Beauchief Abbey is an abbey in Sheffield, England. ... // Events First contact between the Byzantine Empire and the Seljuks. ... Events January 1 - In the Gregorian calendar, January 1 is declared as the first day of the year, instead of March 25. ... 1789 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...

Until the 19th century Ecclesall Bierlow was very sparcely populated—in 1801 there were just 5362 people. This changed with the coming of the industrial revolution and the subsequent expansion of nearby Sheffield and by 1831 the population had increased to 14,239. In 1837 the Ecclesall Bierlow Poor Law Union came into being. As well as Ecclesall Bierlow, this encompassed Nether Hallam, Upper Hallam, Beauchief, Dore, Norton, and Totley. A workhouse was built on Cherry Tree Hill at Nether Edge. In 1929 the Ecclesall Bierlow Workhouse was renamed Nether Edge Hospital and it remained in use as a hospital into the 1990s. Historic sites within the ward include Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet and Shepherd Wheel (both now museums). Ecclesall Wood has many examples of white coal kilns and the grave of a wood collier who was killed here when his cabin burned down on 11 October 1786. 1801 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search The Industrial Revolution was the major technological, socioeconomic and cultural change in the late 18th and early 19th century resulting from the replacement of an economy based on manual labor to one dominated by industry and machine manufacture. ... 1831 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1837 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Beauchief is a village, formerly in Derbyshire, England, which has become a suburb of Sheffield. ... Dore (grid reference SK311812) is a village in South Yorkshire. ... Graves Park ward is one of the 28 electoral wards in City of Sheffield, England. ... Dore and Totley ward is one of the 28 electoral wards in City of Sheffield, England. ... Nether Edge is an established residential suburb of Sheffield. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1929 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search // Events and trends The 1990s are generally classified as having moved slightly away from the more conservative 1980s, but otherwise retaining the same mindset. ... Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet in Sheffield, England is a steel working site with a very long history. ... Shepherd Wheel is a working museum in a former water-powered grinding workshop situated on the River Porter to the south-west of the City of Sheffield, England. ... White coal is a form of fuel produced by drying chopped wood over a fire. ... October 11 is the 284th day of the year (285th in Leap years). ... 1786 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...

Districts in Ecclesall Ward

Ecclesall

The district of Ecclesall (grid reference SK323844) is centred roughly on Ecclesall parish church at the intersection of Carter Knowle Road and Ecclesall Road. The present church, dedicated to All Saints, was built in 1789 and has been altered several times since. Banner Cross Hall, also in the area, was built in 1820. The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ... 1789 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1820 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

Greystones

Greystones (grid reference SK322851) lies to the north of the district of Ecclesall. It is on a headland overlooking the Porter valley to the north and west. The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ... The Porter Brook is a river in Sheffield, England. ...

Millhouses

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Millhouses (grid reference SK330833) lies to the south of the district of Ecclesall. Its origins lie in a small hamlet that grew around the Ecclesall Corn Mill. The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ... The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark is a tragedy by William Shakespeare and one of his most well-known and oft-quoted plays. ...

Bents Green

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Ringinglow

Ringinglow (grid reference SK290837) is a village on the western border of Ecclesall Ward. Although it is within the boundariy of the City of Sheffield, it is self-contained, entirely surrounded by open countryside. It is focussed on the intersections of Fulwood Lane and Sheephill Road with Ringinglow Road. Ringinglow Road was constructed as a turnpike road from Sheffield to Hathersage in the 1790s—an octagonal former toll house built in 1795 still stands in the village along with an inn, the Norfolk Arms, which was built a few years later. The sources of the Porter Brook and Limb Brook, both tributaries of the River Sheaf, are near the village. The Norfolk Arms is often used as a staging-post by ramblers following one of these rivers out of Sheffield towards the Peak District National Park, the eastern boundary of which runs through the village. Historically, the Limb Brook marked the boundary between the Saxon kingdoms of Mercia and Northumbria. This remained the boundary between Yorkshire and Derbyshire into the 20th century. The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ... A toll road, turnpike or tollpike is a road on which a toll authority collects a fee for use. ... This article is about the city in England. ... Hathersage is a village in the Derbyshire Peak District, in England. ... Events and Trends French Revolution ( 1789 - 1799). ... A restaurant and Inn located in Whitman, Massachusetts, where the chocolate chip cookie was invented. ... 1795 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Inns are establishments where travellers can procure food, drink, and lodging. ... The Porter Brook is a river in Sheffield, England. ... The River Sheaf is a river in South Yorkshire, England. ... Ramblers are recreational walkers who generally walk on countryside footpaths or in upland open country. Many (but by no means all) take part in walks organised through local branches of the Ramblers Association of England, Scotland, and Wales. ... Rock climbers on Ellis Eliminate (grade VS 4c) on Stanage. ... A map showing the general locations of the major Anglo-Saxon kingdoms The Anglo-Saxons were originally a collection of differing Germanic tribes from Angeln—a peninsula in the southern part of Schleswig, protruding into the Baltic Sea, and what is now Lower Saxony, in the north-west coast of... Mercia, sometimes spelled Mierce, was one of the kingdoms of the Anglo-Saxon heptarchy, in what is now England, in the region of the Midlands, with its heart in the valley of the River Trent and its tributary streams. ... Section from Shepherds map of the British Isles about 802 AD showing the kingdom of Northumbria Northumbria is primarily the name of an Anglian kingdom which was formed in Great Britain at the beginning of the 7th century, and of the much smaller earldom which succeeded the kingdom. ... Jump to: navigation, search The White Yorkshire rose. ... Derbyshire (pronounced Dar-bee-shur) is a county in the East Midlands of England, which boasts some of Englands most attractive scenery. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the...

References

• Harvey, Peter (1996). Abbeydale and Millhouses. Stround: The Charlford Publishing Company Limited. ISBN 0-7524-0732-5
• Hunter, Joseph (1819). The Township of Ecclesall Byerlow. In Hallamshire. The History and Topography of the Parish of Sheffield in the County of York, pp195–219. London: Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mayor & Jones. This book is out of print but can be purchased on CD-ROM
• Vickers, J. Edward MBE (1999). Ecclesall. In Old Sheffield Town. An Historical Miscellany (2nd ed.), pp58–64. Sheffield: The Hallamshire Press Limited. ISBN 1-874718-44-X.
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