Southey
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| Southey | |
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 Shown within Sheffield |
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| District: | Sheffield |
| UK Parliament constituency: | Sheffield Brightside |
| Ceremonial county: | South Yorkshire |
| Region: | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Population (2001): | 20,000 |
| Councillors | |
| Leigh Bramall (Labour Party) Anthony Damms (Labour Party) Gillian Furniss (Labour Party) |
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- This article is about Southey, a district and electoral ward in Sheffield, England. For the English poet of the Romantic school see Robert Southey.
Southey ward—which includes the districts of Fox Hill, New Parson Cross, Southey, Wadsley Bridge, and part of Old Parson Cross—is one of the 28 electoral wards in City of Sheffield, England. It is located in the northern part of the city and covers an area of 4.6 km². The population of this ward in 2001 was 20,000 people in 8,600 households. It is one of the wards that make up the Sheffield Brightside constituency.
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[edit] Districts of Southey ward
[edit] Southey
Southey (grid reference SK345915) is a former village, now a district and housing estate in the northern part of Sheffield.
[edit] Birley Carr
Birley Carr (grid reference SK333921) is a suburb of Sheffield. It lies by Birley Edge, an inland cliff. At the northern end of Birley Edge is the Birley Stone. A reference from the 1790s refers to a cross on Birley Edge, which the Stone may be the remains of.[1]
[edit] Wadsley Bridge
Wadsley bridge (grid reference SK332913) is a former hamlet, now a district of Sheffield. It lies to the west of Southey around what used to be a ford across the River Don.
[edit] References
- ^ Neville T. Sharpe, Crosses of the Peak District (Landmark Collectors Library, 2002)
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