Catcliffe is a village and
civil parish
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on the north-west bank of the
River Rother in
South Yorkshire
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, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 2,108.
It is in the
Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham
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, approximately south of the
town of Rotherham and east of
Sheffield City Centre
Sheffield City Centre (referred to locally as simply Town) is a district of the City of Sheffield and is covered partly by the City ward of the City of Sheffield. It includes the area that is within a radius of roughly of Sheffield Cathedral ...
.
History
![CatcliffeGlassCone](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/53/CatcliffeGlassCone.jpg)
Catcliffe is mentioned in the ''
Domesday book
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'', its name is presumed to mean either ''the cliff where the cats live'', or ''steep river bank''. In 1740
William Fenney
The Catcliffe Glass Cone is a glass cone in the village of Catcliffe in South Yorkshire, England. It is the oldest surviving structure of its type in Western Europe, and it is a Grade I listed building and Scheduled Ancient Monument. Only thre ...
established a glassworks here. The site was chosen, among other reasons, for being away from Fenney's glassworks in
Bolsterstone
Bolsterstone is a village in South Yorkshire, England, south of Stocksbridge, and 8.5 miles to the northwest of the City of Sheffield and within the city borough. It lies on the border of the Peak District national park. Bolsterstone had a pop ...
, formerly owned by his mother-in-law—the terms of her will prevented him from setting up a glassworks within 10 miles of the town.
One of the cones of this glassworks still exists and is the oldest surviving structure of its type in Western Europe. It is a
Grade I listed building
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and a
Scheduled Ancient Monument
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The various pieces of legislation that legally protect heritage assets from damage and d ...
.
On 25 June 2007 the village was evacuated because of fears that cracks in the dam at
Ulley reservoir could lead to widespread flooding in the valley.
Catcliffe railway station opened on 30 April 1900 and closed on 11 September 1939.
Governance
Catcliffe is a civil parish and local issues are governed by a parish council, one of 29 such councils in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham. It is in the Brinsworth and Catcliffe Ward which is represented on the borough council (as of 2018) by three councillors, one each from the
Labour Party,
UKIP
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and
Liberal Democrats. This ward is part of the
Rotherham parliamentary constituency, no longer a Labour Party safe seat, and is presently represented in the
House of Commons
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by
Sarah Champion
Sarah Deborah Champion (born 10 July 1969) is a British Labour Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Rotherham since 2012.
Champion studied Psychology at Sheffield University. Before entering Parliament, she ran ...
MP who has held the seat since a
by-election in 2012 when the previous incumbent
Denis MacShane
Denis MacShane (born Josef Denis Matyjaszek; 21 May 1948) is a British former politician, author and commentator who served as Minister of State for Europe from 2002 to 2005. He joined the Labour Party in 1970 and has held most party offices. ...
resigned over an expenses scandal.
Geography
Catcliffe is on the west side of the River Rother, about south of the
town of Rotherham and east of
Sheffield City Centre
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. The village sits on the floor of the Rother Valley, ranging from about to above
mean sea level
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For a data set, the '' ari ...
.
The village is susceptible to flooding and was badly affected by the
floods of June 2007.
Demography
At the time of the
United Kingdom 2001 Census
A nationwide census, known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday, 29 April 2001. This was the 20th UK census and recorded a resident population of 58,789,194.
The 2001 UK census was organised by the Office for National ...
the population of Catcliffe civil parish was 1,766 people. The ethnic mix was 98.9% white (
White British
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,
White Irish
}
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This total includes the White Irish population estimate for ...
, or
White Other), 0.3%
Black British, 0.2%
Asian, and 0.6% mixed race.
Below is a table outlining population change of the parish since 1801.
Landmarks
![Catcliffe Flash 2007-09-18](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/24/Catcliffe_Flash_2007-09-18.jpg)
The
Catcliffe Glass Cone, part of the previous William Fenney's glassworks, is on Main Street. The centre of the village is dominated by a nine-arch viaduct that was built in 1901 to carry the
Sheffield District Railway across the River Rother.
Catcliffe Flash, to the south of the village, is a local nature reserve that is made up of a lake and marshland formed as the elevation of the land beside the River Rother dropped due to coal mining
subsidence.
Transport
Catcliffe is bisected by the
A630 Sheffield Parkway
The Sheffield Parkway is a major dual carriageway which runs between the City of Sheffield and junction 33 of the M1 in South Yorkshire, England. The road was opened in 1974.
Route
The route runs east of the City, connecting Park Square in ...
, close to junction 33 of the
M1 motorway
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.
Bus services provided by
First South Yorkshire
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History
In 1989, South Yorkshire Transport introduced the ''Mainline'' brand on certain bus routes aro ...
and TM Travel link the village with Rotherham Town Centre, Sheffield City Centre, and the
Meadowhall Centre
Meadowhall is an indoor shopping centre in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. It lies north-east of Sheffield city centre, and from Rotherham town centre. It is the largest shopping centre in Yorkshire, and currently the eleventh-largest i ...
, as well as the surrounding villages. The closest mainline railway stations are at Sheffield, Rotherham, and Meadowhall. The Sheffield District Railway ran through the village, and there was a passenger station at
Catcliffe railway station from 1900 to 1939.
Sports
The village had its own football team, Catcliffe F.C., which played in the FA Cup during the 1900s.
Notable people
Former English footballer
Gordon Banks
Gordon Banks (30 December 1937 – 12 February 2019) was an English professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Widely regarded as one of the greatest goalkeepers of all time, he made 679 appearances during a 20-year professional caree ...
was born in Catcliffe. His nephew
Nick Banks
Nicholas David Banks (born 28 July 1965) is an English drummer, a member of the British band Pulp. He lives in Sheffield with his wife Sarah and two children. He is the nephew of Gordon Banks, goalkeeper of the 1966 FIFA World Cup-winning Eng ...
, drummer for the band
Pulp
Pulp may refer to:
* Pulp (fruit), the inner flesh of fruit
Engineering
* Dissolving pulp, highly purified cellulose used in fibre and film manufacture
* Pulp (paper), the fibrous material used to make paper
* Molded pulp, a packaging material
...
, now runs a pottery in the village. Pulp used to rehearse in Catcliffe and wrote the song ''Catcliffe Shakedown'', which portrays the village in a negative light.
See also
*
Listed buildings in Catcliffe
References and notes
External links
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Civil parishes in South Yorkshire
Geography of the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham
Villages in South Yorkshire