East Ecclesfield
53°26′35″N 1°28′12″W / 53.443°N 1.470°W
| East Ecclesfield | |
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 Shown within Sheffield | |
| Population | 18,295 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| UK Parliament | |
| Councillors | Pauline Andrews (UKIP) Joyce Wright (Labour) Steve Wilson (Labour) |
East Ecclesfield ward—which includes the districts of Chapeltown and Ecclesfield—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 3.8 square miles (9.8 km2) in the eastern part of Ecclesfield Parish. The population of this ward in 2011 was 18,295 people in 7,863 households with a population density of 17.1 persons per hectare. East Ecclesfield is one of the six wards that make up the Sheffield Hillsborough Parliamentary constituency. The Boundary Commission for England, in their final report, recommended that East Ecclesfield should become part of a reformed Penistone and Stocksbridge constituency. The East Ecclesfield ward is composed of eight polling districts. These include Blackburn, Chapeltown, Ecclesfield, Ecclesfield Common, High Greave, Horbury, Warren and Wheata.
Districts in East Ecclesfield ward
Ecclesfield
Ecclesfield (grid reference SK353942) is a village, now a northern suburb of Sheffield. It lies near the railway line from Sheffield to Barnsley. Until 1953, Ecclesfield had a railway station.
Notable buildings in Ecclesfield include St Mary's Church and Ecclesfield Priory.
Chapeltown
Chapeltown (grid reference SK355963) lies to the north of Ecclesfield. It has its own railway station and a junction on the M1 (J35).
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