Woodhouse ward—which includes the
district
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of Woodhouse and most of Handsworth—is one of the 28 electoral wards in the
City of Sheffield
The City of Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough in South Yorkshire, England. The metropolitan borough includes the administrative centre of Sheffield, the town of Stocksbridge and larger village of Chapeltown and part of the Peak ...
,
England
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. It is located in the southeastern part of the city and covers an area of . The population of this ward in 2011 was 17,450 people in 7,764 households. It is one of the wards that make up the
Sheffield South East constituency (formerly
Sheffield Attercliffe constituency).
Districts of Woodhouse ward
Woodhouse
![Woodhouse Village Cross](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1f/Woodhouse_Village_Cross.jpg)
Woodhouse () is a former farming and coal-mining village, now a
suburb
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and housing estate in the south-east of
Sheffield
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. It is served by regular buses to Sheffield and has a
station on the
Sheffield–Lincoln railway line.
The 17th century former
Cross Daggers
The Cross Daggers is a restaurant and former pub in Woodhouse, Sheffield, England.
The lintel above the door is inscribed "NTG 1658" with the N reversed; the initials may have stood for Thomas Godfrey Newbould, a prominent Quaker and landlord ...
public house, the base of the village
market cross
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History
Market crosse ...
and the
stocks
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can be seen in the centre of the suburb. Many other old cottages, including a wattle and daub house dating from the fifteenth century, were demolished in the 1960s as part of a major redevelopment.
[J. Edward Vickers, ''The Ancient Suburbs of Sheffield'', p.14 (1971)] An old
Quaker Meetinghouse dating to the 17th century was converted into private residences in the 1980s.
Woodhouse is home to the Woodhouse Prize Band,
a
brass band founded in 1853.
History
Woodhouse today bears little resemblance to its humble beginnings. This farming village was, until the advent of coal mining in the area, relatively free of any kind of modern post-industrial revolution influence. The population was invariably engaged in either small-scale farming or farming related sub-industries such as early
retail
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and tanning. Most of the architecture associated with this era has been lost but, luckily, a few reminders survive. Manor Farm Cottage, at the heart of the village, is a sympathetically restored old building and a reminder of Woodhouse's long-lost past.
The advent of coal mining attracted an influx of young men and families wishing to capitalise on the various local mining ventures. Woodhouse grew quickly into a mining community with the opening of a number of mines within commuting distance. The village expanded considerably to accommodate the pit workers. Spa Lane, Back Lane and Sheffield Road quickly wound a new and expansive network of pit houses, ensuring that Woodhouse would become a 'pit village'.
Woodhouse is home to the Woodhouse Prize Band,
a
brass band founded in 1853.
A detailed history of the life of Woodhouse in 1912 and 1966 is available from
Sheffield University
, mottoeng = To discover the causes of things
, established = – University of SheffieldPredecessor institutions:
– Sheffield Medical School – Firth College – Sheffield Technical School – University College of Sheffield
, type = Pu ...
library.
Sport
Woodhouse F.C. and Woodhouse Britannia F.C. represented the village in the
FA Cup
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during the 1910s and 1920s.
Woodhouse Mill
Woodhouse Mill is generally accepted as the area, within the City of Sheffield, to the east of the former Great Central railway line. This was a farming area on which housing was developed over a period in the 20th century. The Shirtcliff Brook runs through the area but to avoid recurring flooding this has now been culverted.
Woodhouse Washlands Nature Reserve
The Woodhouse Washlands Nature Reserve, managed by the
Wildlife Trust for Sheffield and Rotherham
Sheffield and Rotherham Wildlife Trust is a wildlife trust covering Sheffield and Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. It has 15 reserves with its base in Sheffield.
Reserves
The trust manages fifteen reserves:
: Agden Bog
: Blacka Moor
: Carbr ...
is situated in Woodhouse Mill and boasts several species of fish, birds and other wetland creatures. The
River Rother runs through the wetlands.
Badger Road
The Badger estate was built in the 1960s as a solution to the severe housing shortage. The houses were supposed to be temporary but, after 50 years, they remain. The estate includes Badger Road, Badger Close, Badger Drive, Badger Place, Goathland Drive, Goathland Place and Station Road.
References
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Wards of Sheffield