Beauchief and Greenhill
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| District: | Sheffield |
| UK Parliament constituency: | Sheffield Heeley |
| Ceremonial county: | South Yorkshire |
| Region: | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Population (2001): | 18,600 |
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| Simon Clement-Jones (Liberal Democrats) Anthony Homes (Liberal Democrats) Clive Skelton (Liberal Democrats) |
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Beauchief and Greenhill ward—which includes the districts of Batemoor, Beauchief, Chancet Wood, Greenhill, Jordanthorpe, and Lowedges—is one of the 28 electoral wards in City of Sheffield, England. It is located in the southern part of the city and covers an area of 6.2 km2. The population of this ward in 2001 was 18,600 people in 8,900 households. It is one of the five wards that form the Sheffield Heeley parliamentary constituency. The districts of this ward were in the traditional county of Derbyshire, but they were annexed into the county borough of Sheffield in 1934 associated with the West Riding of Yorkshire, and were thus included in the ceremonial county of South Yorkshire in 1974.
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[edit] Parks and recreation
About a third of the area of the ward is taken up by the grounds of Beauchief Abbey and Beauchief Hall. These include Ladies' Spring Wood, Parkbank Wood, Beauchief Park, and two golf courses. Also within the ward are Hutcliff Wood and Chancet Wood.
[edit] Schools
Schools in this ward include Newfield Secondary School, Abbey Lane Primary School, Greenhill Primary School, Mundella Primary School, and St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School.
[edit] Districts in Beauchief and Greenhill ward
[edit] Beauchief
Beauchief (grid reference SK333817) is a former village that has become a suburb of Sheffield. It lies on a hill above the River Sheaf and the Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet.
Beauchief, generally pronounced "bee-chief", is notable for two buildings, still surrounded by parkland: Beauchief Abbey and Beauchief Hall.
[edit] Beauchief Abbey
Beauchief Abbey was built in 1183 by the canons who had mills on the River Sheaf and a sheep grange on Strawberry Lee. It was named by the Trappist monks, who inhabited the abbey. Beau meaning beautiful and chief meaning headland. Since most of the abbey's destruction, it has been converted into a parish church and the carp pond is well kown spot for local anglers.
Beauchief abbey farm was built around 1700. The farm, as well as its pond, fed the monks.
The path up to Bradway passes near Beauchief Hall.
[edit] Beauchief Abbey House
Beauchief Abbey House is a group of houses on Beauchief Abbey Lane. It is situated at the bottom of the lane in view of the abbey. The barn adjacent to Beauchief Abbey House has been identified as dating from the early XVIth Century [1] and a modern house in limestone and steel has been built next to the main house. Archaeological work has been made in the grounds of house but not yet been published [2].
[edit] Beauchief Hall
Beauchief Hall is a large manor house on the high ground of Beauchief. The house currently serves as headquarters of a software company [3]. The hall is said to be haunted by both the Lady in White and a monk [4].
Beauchief also had a railway station situated on Abbey Lane. See Beauchief Station for full article.
[edit] Greenhill
Greenhill (grid reference SK345814) is a suburb of Sheffield, England. Nearby settlements include Bradway, Meadow Head, Abbeydale and Woodseats.
Greenhill, generally pronounced "grennell", has a library, primary school, church and shops. It is linked by road to the M1 motorway and to the centre of Sheffield. There are also several bus routes into the centre including the 1, 76, 25, 25A, M17 and 275, which even goes into Derbyshire.
[edit] Chancet Wood
[edit] Lowedges
Lowedges (grid reference SK351806) is a council estate located to the south of Greenhill and lies on the boundary with Derbyshire. The estate is formed of council houses and flats as well as a few convenience shops. The estate is also home to the Transport Golf Course and Lowedges Fire Station. A single row of terrace houses along the southern part of Chesterfield Road forms one of the most southern buildings in the city.
[edit] Batemoor
Batemoor (grid reference SK355805) is a housing estate in the south of Sheffield. It is located to the southeast of Greenhill and borders Lowedges, Norton, Jordanthorpe and Dronfield.
The estate was built circa 1964, and consists largely of prefabricated flat roofed type housing, along with blocks of maisonettes\flats.
It borders on the Derbyshire countryside and farming country, being only a couple of miles from the villages of Coal Aston, Holmesfield etc and on the edge of the town called Dronfield.
It has a main bus route servicing the estate and a public house called (ironically enough) The Batemoor, along with a newly built Infant & Junior school. It is also near to a shopping center "The Jordanthorpe Shopping Center".
It has nearby main link roads leading to the motorway, and has a nearby train link\station in Dronfield.
[edit] Jordanthorpe
Jordanthorpe (grid reference SK360811) is located to the east of Greenhill and south of Norton.
[edit] References
- ^ Sheffield Council planning permissions.
- ^ University of Sheffield study page
- ^ EDP website
- ^ A well documented website
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