Shiregreen and Brightside ward—which includes the districts of Brightside, Shiregreen, and Wincobank—is one of the 28 electoral wards in

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. It is located in the northern part of the city and covers an area of 6.5 km². The population of this ward in 2011 was 20,826 people in 8,696 households. It is one of the wards making up the Sheffield Brightside parliamentary constituency.

Districts of Shiregreen and Brightside ward

Brightside

Brightside () is an industrial area of Sheffield, lying on a hill north of

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and the River Don. Brightside and Carbrook Co-operative Society opened its first shop in 1868, taking its name from this area and the nearby district of Carbrook.

Shiregreen

Shiregreen () is a mainly residential area to the north of

Firth Park Firth Park ward—which includes the districts of Firth Park, Longley, Parson Cross and parts of Wincobank—is one of the 28 electoral wards in City of Sheffield, England located in the northern part of the city and covering an area o ...

and north-west of Meadowhall. The settlement originated in the Middle Ages around the farmstead later known as Crowder House, first known from a deed of 1402. A number of hamlets stood on the site, including Reynaldthorpe, Over Hartley and Hartley Brook. Nearby cottages were built, known as the Bell Houses and the Hadfield Houses, housing farm workers and a

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-making industry. Both sets of houses gave their names to roads in the area, Bellhouse Road and Hatfield House Lane. The Church of St James and St Christopher is located on Bellhouse Road in Shiregreen.

Wincobank

Wincobank ( ; ) is a suburb of

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, located in the north-east of the city, overlooking the nearby Meadowhall shopping centre and the

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. An Iron Age hill fort was constructed at Wincobank by the Celtic Brigantes tribe, standing on the summit of a steep hill above the River Don. It is possible that here, during the 1st century, the Brigantes attempted to defend against the northward advance of the

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s. An ancient defensive dyke called

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runs from the fort to

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. Wincobank is home to St Thomas Boxing School which has produced some of Britain's best boxers of recent years including

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and

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. The labour activist Jack Murphy was born in Wincobank . In 1922 the artist, Stanley Royle, painted the view from Wincobank in his painting, Sheffield from Wincobank Wood, one of four large views in oils of Sheffield, commissioned by Frederick Horner, a local art dealer. Concord Park lies between Shiregreen and Wincobank.

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