Ulley

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Ulley
Ulley shown within South Yorkshire
Population	150 (approx)
Metropolitan borough	Rotherham
Metropolitan county	South Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	SHEFFIELD
Postcode district	S26
Dialling code	0114
Police	South Yorkshire
Fire	South Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
European Parliament	Yorkshire and the Humber
UK Parliament	Rother Valley
List of places: UK • England • Yorkshire

Coordinates: 53°22′N 1°18′W / 53.37, -1.3

Ulley is a small South Yorkshire village in the north of England, near Sheffield and Rotherham. There are around 150 residents, predominantly elderly people but also some families.

Although Ulley is part of the borough of Rotherham, its homes (like the rest of Rotherham) use an S (Sheffield) postcode. They also use the Sheffield (0114) dialling code.

The village dates back to Saxon times. Various derivations for the name have been given, either from Olleie (forest glade with owls), or wulf-leah (wolf wood). The villages is listed in the Domesday book, and was given to the Earl of Mortain after the Norman Conquest. Later, the village passed into the hands of the Priory of Worksop^[1]. During World War II, a German bombing raid for Sheffield dropped bombs on a set of cottages situated on Main Street where houses 5–7 are now. The bombs hit the cottages but failed to detonate. When the army arrived to deal with the unexploded bombs, they retired to the pub to decide what to do, and while they were there the bombs exploded, demolishing the cottages.

Ulley reservoir, built in 1871 is a few hundred metres to the west, downhill of the village, providing approximately 180 million gallons of water per year to Rotherham. By the 1980s, the reservoir was not needed for water supply and was on standby only. It was sold to Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council for the token sum of £1, and the reservoir and surrounding land were designated as Ulley Country Park^[2]. On 25 June 2007, cracks in the reservoir walls were found after heavy rains in the area, causing concerns that the reservoir might burst.^[3]