Richmond, South Yorkshire
Coordinates: 53°21′50″N 1°23′42″W / 53.364°N 1.395°W
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 Shown within Sheffield |
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| Population | 17,700 (2011) |
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| District | Sheffield |
| Ceremonial county | South Yorkshire |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| EU Parliament | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| UK Parliament | Sheffield Heeley |
| Councillors | John Campbell (Labour Party) Lynn Rooney (Labour Party) Paul Wood (Labour Party) |
Richmond ward—which includes the districts of Four Lane Ends, Intake, Richmond, and Woodthorpe—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 4.5 km2. The population of this ward in 2011 was 17,724 people in 7,827 households.[1] It is one of the five wards that form the Sheffield Heeley parliamentary constituency. The boundary is to change at the local elections in May 2016.
Districts of Richmond Ward
Richmond
Richmond grid reference SK403854 is a suburb of eastern Sheffield.
Richmond was historically a small settlement consisting of a few cottages and Richmond Hall Farm, built in 1668 and demolished in 1966. Gateposts from the farm, which may have originally flanked an entrance to Sheffield Park, can still be seen amidst a housing estate dating from the late 1960s.[2]
The suburb is served by St Catherine of Siena church, designed by Basil Spence.
Intake
Intake (grid reference SK386846) lies south of Manor Top. It is primarily a 1930s residential area known as the area where Jarvis Cocker grew up.
Woodthorpe
Built in the 1930s, Woodthorpe (grid reference SK392852) lies to the east of Intake. It has two pubs, the "High Noon" and "The Springwood", and also has a primary school (Woodthorpe), which was rebuilt in September 2005. However now "The Springwood" has closed down due to unpopular demand in the area and it is now abandoned and boarded up.
References
- ↑ http://ukcensusdata.com/richmond-e05001059#sthash.KPQmKU4r.dpbs
- ↑ J. Edward Vickers, "The Ancient Suburbs of Sheffield", p.14 (1971)
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