Editing Sharrow (section)

==History==
Sharrow was urbanized between 1830 and 1850 when ''Little Sheffield'', a village and adjunct to the main town of [[Sheffield]] was redeveloped to cope with the rapidly increasing growth in population. Separated from Sheffield town by the "uninhabited, barren, gorse-covered, Sheffield Moor".<ref>Reminiscences 18th century Sheffield by R E Leader</ref> Industry here was based on water-power provided by [[Porter Brook]] with water-wheels at [[Wilsons of Sharrow|Sharrow Mill]] (Sharrow Vale Road), Sharrow Forge (Napier Street), and Bennetts’ Wheel (Vulcan Works). The latter two mill-dams and Broomhall Cornmill dam off Ecclesall Road were drained and filled-in around 1870 providing land for houses, schools, and new industries.

The Parish Church of St Mary's, Bramall Lane, was built in 1826 with the help of a government grant to provide churches for "impoverished industrial workers". Originally a [[Chapel of Ease]] to [[Sheffield Cathedral]] standing in open fields, 22 years later, in 1848, St Mary's became a parish in its own right. Sharrow and St Mary's was part of Poor Law Union (PLU)/Reg. District of Ecclesall Bierlow.

In 1836 the [[Sheffield General Cemetery|General Cemetery]] was opened in Sharrow on the site of a former stone quarry. Lying between Cemetery Road, which runs from Sharrow Head to the bottom of The Moor, and [[Sharrow Brook]].

[[Bramall Lane]] was named after the Bramall family, file and graver manufacturers. The Bramalls owned "The Old White House" on the corner of Bramall Lane and Cherry Street.