Burngreave
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- Grimesthorpe redirects here. It should not be confused with Grimethorpe, near Barnsley.
| Burngreave | |
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 Shown within Sheffield |
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| District: | Sheffield |
| UK Parliament constituency: | Sheffield Central |
| Ceremonial county: | South Yorkshire |
| Region: | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Population (2001): | 24,000 |
| Councillors | |
| Jacqueline Drayton (Labour Party) Ibrar Hussian (Labour Party) Stephen Jones (Labour Party) |
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Burngreave ward—which includes the districts of Burngreave, Fir Vale, Grimesthorpe, Pitsmoor, and Shirecliffe—is one of the 28 electoral wards in City of Sheffield, England. It is located in the northern part of the city and covers an area of 7.3 km2. The population of this ward in 2001 was 24,000 people in 9,900 households. It is one of the wards that make up the Sheffield Central constituency.
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[edit] Districts of Burngreave ward
[edit] Burngreave
Burngreave (grid reference SK363884) is a suburb of Sheffield that started to develop in the second half of the 19th century. Prior to this, this area was mostly covered by Burnt Greave wood (most of the area of the wood is now covered by Burngreave cemetery). Grimesthorpe Lane, which runs through Burngreave, is a very old road that follows the course of the Roman Ridge a man-made defensive ridge—probably built by the Celtic Brigantes tribe—that used to run from near the Wicker to Mexborough.
Most of the ward is served by a free community newspaper, the Burngreave Messenger.
[edit] Fir Vale
[edit] Grimesthorpe
[edit] Pitsmoor
Pitsmoor (grid reference SK362893) is a former village, now a suburb of Sheffield. The name derives from Ore-pits as, anciently, this areas main industry was the mining of ore.It is now a lovly community where people can live peacefuly and enjoy there lives,it is also known for it's range of ethnic shops and races.
[edit] Shirecliffe
[edit] Population
This district of Sheffield is home to a large percentage of Sheffield's ethnic minority population as these statistics from the 2001 census show:
- White British: 58.5%
- Black British: 12.3%
- British Asian: 22.9%
- British Chinese & other: 1.6
- Mixed: 4.7
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