Birley

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Birley
Birley
Shown within Sheffield
District: Sheffield
UK Parliament constituency: Sheffield Hillsborough
Ceremonial county: South Yorkshire
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber
Population (2001): 18,100
Councillors
Bryan Lodge (Labour Party)
Michael Pye (Labour Party)
Denise Fox (Labour Party)

Birley ward—which includes the districts of Base Green, Birley, Charnock, Frecheville, Scowerdons and part of Hackenthorpe—is one of the 28 electoral wards in City of Sheffield, England. It is located in the southeastern part of the city and covers an area of 5.1 km2. The population of this ward in 2001 was 18,100 people in 7,900 households. It is one of the five wards that make up the Sheffield Attercliffe constituency.

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[edit] Districts of Birley ward

[edit] Birley

Birley Estate (grid reference SK402830) is a housing estate in the southeastern part of Sheffield. It is built on what was Birley Moor just to the north of the small hamlet of Birley. Birley Spa to the northeast was a hotel and spa built in 1842 around a spring of mineral water. The building was restored in 2001/02 and is Grade II listed.

[edit] Base Green

Base Green (grid reference SK390833) is a housing estate to the west of Birley and east of Gleadless. It is built on the land that was formerly Basegreen Farm.

[edit] Charnock

Charnock Hall (grid reference SK384828) is a housing estate to the south of Base Green. The estate was built on the former Charnock-hall Farm which stood where Farm Close is today.

[edit] Frecheville

Frecheville (grid reference SK398838) is a housing estate to the north of Birley Estate that was built in the 1930s.

[edit] Hackenthorpe

Most of Hackenthorpe is in the Beighton ward.

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