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Crookes Tube2 Diagram
Crookes is a suburb of the Sheffield, City of Sheffield, England, about west of the city centre. It borders Broomhill (ward), Broomhill to the south, Walkley and Upperthorpe, Sheffield, Upperthorpe to the east and open countryside around the River Rivelin to the north. The population of the Crookes (ward), ward of the same name was 17,700 at the 2011 Census. Etymology The suburb is said to derive its name from the Old Norse "Krkor" which means a nook or corner of land. History Crookes lies near the course of a Roman road from Templeborough to Brough-on-Noe (now Lydgate Lane) and the main road is itself over 1,000 years old.Crookes' long and colourful history as a Sheffield village Sheffield Star. 6 February 2009. Retrieved 22 August 2018. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Of Sheffield
The City of Sheffield is a metropolitan borough with City status in the United Kingdom, city status in South Yorkshire, England. The metropolitan borough includes the administrative centre of Sheffield, the town of Stocksbridge and the larger village of Chapeltown, South Yorkshire, Chapeltown and part of the Peak District. It has a population of (), making it technically the third List of English districts by population, largest city in England by population behind Birmingham and City of Leeds, Leeds, since London is not considered a single entity. It is governed by Sheffield City Council. The current city boundaries were set on 1 April 1974 by the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972, as part of a reform of local government in England. The city is a Merger (politics), merger of two former local government districts; the unitary County Borough of Sheffield, City and County Borough of Sheffield combined with the Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland), urban district ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
