Editing Nether Edge and Sharrow (ward)

{{short description|Electoral ward in the City of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England}}
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{{Use British English|date=January 2020}}
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{{Infobox UK place
| official_name     = Nether Edge and Sharrow
| country = England

| region = Yorkshire and the Humber
| static_image_name = sheffield-wards-Nether Edge.png
| static_image_caption= ''Shown within [[Sheffield]]'' 

| area_total_sq_mi= 1.31
| area_footnotes = 
| population     = 18,890
| population_ref = ([[United Kingdom Census 2011|2011 census]])<ref name="2011 census"/>
| constituency_westminster = [[Sheffield Central (UK Parliament constituency)|Sheffield Central]]

| metropolitan_borough= [[City of Sheffield]]
| metropolitan_county = [[South Yorkshire]]
| hide_services = yes
| councillors = Peter Garbutt ([[Green Party of England and Wales|Green Party]])<br/>Nighat Basharat ([[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://democracy.sheffield.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=27449|title=Councillor Nighat Basharat|access-date=10 February 2023}}</ref><br/>Maroof Raouf ([[Green Party of England and Wales|Green Party]])
}}

'''Nether Edge and Sharrow Ward''', which includes the [[Districts of Sheffield|districts]] of '''Nether Edge''', '''Sharrow''', '''Abbeydale, Brincliffe''' and parts of '''Banner Cross''', '''Heeley''' and '''Highfield''', is one of the 28 electoral wards in the [[Sheffield|City of Sheffield]], [[England]]. It is located in the south west of the city and covers an area of {{convert|1.31|sqmi}}. In 2011, the population of this ward was 18,890 people in 7,592 households.<ref name="2011 census">{{NOMIS2011|id=1237320719 |title=Nether Edge Ward (as of 2011)|access-date=1 October 2018}}</ref> Nether Edge & Sharrow ward is one of the wards that make up the [[Sheffield Central (UK Parliament constituency)|Sheffield Central]] parliamentary constituency.

== 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>

==Districts of Nether Edge & Sharrow ward==

===Nether Edge=== 
'''Nether Edge''' ({{gbmapping|SK342851}}) is an established residential suburb in the southwest of the [[Sheffield|City of Sheffield]], [[England]].

Local facilities include a small shopping area at the junction of Nether Edge Road and Machon Bank Road, featuring a cafe, arts & crafts shops, a dentist, organic fruit & vegetable shop, a local baker, delicatessen / cafes, barber and hairdresser shops, a local mini-market, supermarket among others. Two small theatres (the [[Merlin Theatre|Merlin]] and the [[Lantern Theatre|Lantern]]) also exist in the area. A farmers market selling local food produce and craft goods is held four times a year in the central area on dates roughly coinciding with the equinoxes and solstice dates.

====<big>Brincliffe</big>====
'''Brincliffe''' {{gbmapping|SK333849}} is a small neighbourhood located to the North west of Nether Edge. It is characterised by large Victorian and Edwardian villas and low-density housing. 

The Sheffield Polytechnic Art College was in [[Brincliffe, Sheffield|Brincliffe]], on Psalter Lane.

[[Chelsea Park (Sheffield)|Chelsea Park]], and nearby [[Brincliffe Edge Woods]] are also in this area between Nether Edge and [[Ecclesall]].

===Banner Cross===
'''Banner Cross''' is a neighbourhood of Ecclesall centred on the intersection of [[Ecclesall Road]] and Psalter Lane. Banner Cross is split evenly between Nether Edge & Sharrow ward and Ecclesall Ward. [[Banner Cross Hall]], an ancient [[esquire]] seat, was virtually rebuilt in 1820. The main place of worship is [[Banner Cross Methodist Church]]. The nearby Banner Cross pub gained infamy when the notorious criminal [[Charles Peace]] shot and killed Arthur Dyson in the passageway beside the pub on 29 November 1876. The base of an old stone cross still remained at Banner Cross in 1819.<ref>{{cite book |last=Hunter |first=Joseph |author-link=Joseph Hunter (antiquarian) |title=Hallamshire. The History and Topography of the Parish of Sheffield in the County of York |year=1819 |publisher=Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mayor & Jones |location=London |pages=204}} This book is out of print but can be purchased on [http://blunham.com/CDroms/Descriptions/Hallamshire.html CD-ROM] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051122083646/http://blunham.com/CDroms/Descriptions/Hallamshire.html |date=22 November 2005 }}.</ref> Addy (1888)<ref>{{cite book |last=Addy |first=Sidney Oldall |title=A Glossary of Words Used in the Neighbourhood of Sheffield. Including a Selection of Local Names, and Some Notices of Folk-Lore, Games, and Customs |year=1888 |publisher=Trubner & Co. for the English Dialect Society |location=London }} ([[wikisource:A glossary of words used in the neighbourhood of Sheffield|transcription at Wikisource]])</ref> suggested that the name derives from ''bæna kross'', meaning the cross of prayers.

===Sharrow===
'''Sharrow''' historically was situated within the old Ecclesall Bierlow, on the old turnpike road between Sheffield and the [[Pennines]] towards  [[Chapel-en-le-Frith|Chapel en le Frith]] and [[Manchester]]. In the modern-era [[Sharrow]] is now largely a built up urban inner city area, located directly southwest of [[Sheffield city centre]]. 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".  

====<big>Abbeydale</big>====
'''Abbeydale''' is the area of, and streets around Abbeydale Road, and extends from Sharrow up to Archer Road. The main shopping district lies between Heeley, Sharrow and Nether Edge. The Abbeydale Picture House, Mother of God RC Church,The Broadfield, Heeley Swimming Baths, Carter Knowle Surgery are within this area.

==References==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.netheredge.org.uk/ Nether Edge Neighbourhood Group]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050419100759/http://users.ox.ac.uk/~peter/workhouse/EcclesallBierlow/EcclesallBierlow.shtml History of Nether Edge Hospital]
* [http://www.kingscentreonline.com/ King's Centre Church, Union Rd, Nether Edge]
* [https://www.sheffield.gov.uk/content/dam/sheffield/docs/libraries-and-archives/archives-and-local-studies/local-area-history/Nether%20Edge%20community%20history%20v1-2.pdf Sources for the history of Nether Edge] Produced by Sheffield City Council's Libraries and Archives

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