Abbeydale is an area of
Sheffield
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in
South Yorkshire
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,
England
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that follows the valley of the
River Sheaf.
It covers many
districts of Sheffield in the south-west of the city running roughly from Heeley Bridge in the district of
Heeley to Dore Road between
Beauchief and
Totley. It is named for the
Abbey
An abbey is a type of monastery used by members of a religious order under the governance of an abbot or abbess. Abbeys provide a complex of buildings and land for religious activities, work, and housing of Christians, Christian monks and nun ...
that existed at Beauchief from the 12th century to 1537. The area is part of the
Nether Edge and Sharrow ward of the city.
References
Areas of Sheffield
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