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Encyclopedia > Kelham Island Quarter

Kelham Island is one of Sheffield's eleven designated Quarters. Primarily an industrial area, Kelham Island itself was formed by a goit to provide power for the mills, and the quarter was subsequently named for it. It is roughly diamond in shape, and is bordered by Shalesmoor and Gibraltar Street to the south-west, Corporation Street to the south-east, Mowbray Street, Harvest Lane and Neepsend Lane to the north-east and Ball Street and Cornish Street to the north-west. The Cornish Works sit just outside this quarter, to the north-west For other uses, see Sheffield (disambiguation). ... Shown within Sheffield Urban Area Sheffield City Centre—often just referred to as town—is a district of the City of Sheffield, and part of the Sheffield Central ward. ... In Counter-strike, Goit was the name of one of Counter-strikes greatest players A leat (also spelled lete) is the name, common in the south and west of England, for a man-made watercourse, or makeshift aqueduct, often an artificial channel which supplies water to a watermill or its...


The area has a museum, the Kelham Island Museum, and two pubs well-known for their real ales, the Fat Cat and the Kelham Island Tavern, the site of the Kelham Island Brewery. On 16 January 2007, a third establishment, The Milestone, opened its doors, and will serve as a bar and restaurant. The Kelham Island Industrial Museum occupies the site of a former steelworks on an island in the River Don in Sheffield, England. ... The Kelham Island Brewery is an independent brewery based in Sheffield, England. ... January 16 is the 16th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini era. ...


External links

  • The Milestone website
  • The Fat Cat Public House website



Sheffield City Centre
Official quarters: CastlegateCathedral QuarterCultural Industries Quarter • Devonshire Quarter • Heart of the CityKelham IslandThe MoorRiverside Exchange • Sheaf Valley • St George's QuarterSt Vincent's Quarter
Main streets and squares: Barker's PoolCastlegateCastle SquareChurch Street • Division Street • Fargate • Fitzalan SquareHallam SquareHigh StreetMillennium SquareThe MoorOrchard Square • Pinstone Street • Sheaf SquareTudor Square
Other districts: New Retail Quarter • Victoria Quays • West End


 

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