Editing Nether Edge and Sharrow (ward) (section)

== History ==
Before the 19th century, the area that is now Nether Edge was largely rural and part of [[Ecclesall Bierlow]], the only clusters of cottages being the small [[medieval]] hamlet of Cherry Tree Hill and a small hamlet at Machon Bank. Much of the development of the area was undertaken by George Wostenholm, a local cutler who from 1836 onward purchased a large area of land east of Brincliffe Edge.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://collections.museums-sheffield.org.uk/view/people/asitem/G/1/displayDate-asc?t:state:flow=d13d8c92-3ff6-4d54-b959-04cc5266ccea|title=George Wostenholm & Son|publisher=Sheffield Museums|access-date=26 January 2020}}</ref>

Wostenholm's home, Kenwood House, and the surrounding park (now the Kenwood Hall Hotel) took up a large portion of the land, the garden designer, Robert Marnock laid out the surrounding roads as a series of curving avenues and the remaining land sold off for development. As a result, many of the homes in the area are spacious Victorian houses that were owned by local cutlers and businessmen.<ref>South Yorkshire Archaeology Service (undated) [http://sytimescapes.org.uk/zones/sheffield/S13 19th to Early 20th Century Villa Suburbs], South Yorkshire Historic Environment Characterisation Project, Sheffield Character Zone Descriptions </ref>

[[The Poor Law Amendment Act 1834]] (PLAA) allowed parishes to form unions, jointly responsible for the administration and funding of Poor Law in their area. By 1831 the population of the area had increased considerably and in 1837 the ‘Ecclesall Bierlow Poor Law Union’ (PLD or Poor Law District) was founded and Ecclesall Bierlow Union Workhouse, Cherry Tree Hill, Nether Edge was built.<ref>Higginbotham, P. (undated) [http://www.workhouses.org.uk/EcclesallBierlow/ Ecclesall Bierlow, West Riding of Yorkshire], in 'The Workhouse, The Story of an Institution'</ref> In 1929 the workhouse was renamed [[Nether Edge Hospital]] housing a [[Gynaecology]] Unit established to serve the whole of Sheffield.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.workhouses.org.uk/EcclesallBierlow/|title=Ecclesall Bierlow|publisher=Workhouses|access-date=26 January 2020}}</ref>