Darnall
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| District: | Sheffield |
| UK Parliament constituency: | Sheffield Attercliffe |
| Ceremonial county: | South Yorkshire |
| Region: | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Population (2001): | 21,000 |
| Councillors | |
| Robert Harpham (Labour Party) Mazher Iqbal (Labour Party) Mary Lea (Labour Party) |
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Darnall ward—which includes the districts of Attercliffe, Carbrook, Darnall, Tinsley, and parts of Handsworth—is one of the 28 electoral wards in City of Sheffield, England. It is located in the eastern part of the city and covers an area of 17.4 km2. The population of this ward in 2001 was 21,000 people in 8,400 households. It is one of the wards that make up the Sheffield Attercliffe constituency.
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[edit] Districts of Darnall ward
[edit] Attercliffe
Attercliffe (grid reference SK378887) is an industrial suburb of northeast Sheffield.
Attacliffe stretches from the edge of the city centre of Sheffield to Carbrook.
Back in the 1880s, the district was populated by small terraced houses and a shopping area which stretched for over 3 miles along Attercliffe Road, Attercliffe Common and Sheffield Road towards Tinsley.
Remnants of this era still stand with the John Banner building, an early multi floor department store located on Attercliffe Rd. Other buildings include the Adelphi cinema, Attercliffe Baths, Burton Building, Carbrook Hall and Attercliffe Church - a small building easy to miss tucked back from the main road into the city centre.
As for industry, Tinsley Wire and many other steelworks and light industrial companies survived alongside residential and small retail.
During the December of 1940 a German bombing campaign devastated the city centre of Sheffield. Attercliffe was also badly destroyed with destruction from the city centre across to Tinsley canal locks. It took until the 1990s rebuilding of the old residential area to re-use the former area of the district affected by this historic incident.
Traditional areas of Attercliffe now house an interesting mix of old established industry, Adult stores, carpet warehouses and discount stores - including the old John Banner building. Towards the east end of Attercliffe, the area has been regenerated with medium sized business and a few remaining large steelworks.
The crowning point of Attercliffe however are the Olympic standard leisure facilities including the Don Valley Stadium, Ice stadium and nearby Meadowhall Retail Park, facilities to be proud of.
[edit] Carbrook
Carbrook (grid reference SK390900) is an industrial area of Sheffield, to the north-east of Brightside. It is also the name of the local tram stop and contains Meadowhall Retail Park, an out of town retail park not to be confused with Meadowhall Shopping Centre which lies further north.
In the mid 1800s, the now Sheffield co-operative society founded the 'Brightside and Carbrook co-op', an important step in the development of the co-operative society in the region.
From the mid 1990s to date, Carbrook has been continually redeveloped with a number of household name companies attracted to the convenient location within 1 mile of the M1 motorway at junction 34. These include Abbey National, Freemans Plc and many retail outlets to include prestige marques such as BMW and Lexus.
Carbrook borders the former industrial village of Tinsley and has preserved a few of the older buildings such as the Sheffield Bus Museum, historic Carbrook Hall public house, the stone built Carbrook School and steelworks Tinsley Wire.
The main through route 'Attercliffe Road / Sheffield Road' is almost unrecognisable from its pre 1980s design where it offered a mix of old steelworks houses and the last remaining small independent retailers trading from quaint but aged terrace house sized shop fronts. One such shop was known as 'Ronnies barbers', a long established traditional barber who worked well into his 80th year!
Carbrook now boasts a 20-screen cinema, retail park and the don valley stadium, a major music venue.
[edit] Darnall
Darnall (grid reference SK388880) is a suburb eastern Sheffield, it was initially a small hamlet usually included with Attercliffe. A cricket ground was laid out in the 1820s. Although only used for a few years before being replaced by a ground at Hyde Park, it was described as the finest in England.[1]
It developed during the 19th century as an area housing steelworkers working in the large foundries of the Lower Don Valley. Darnall railway station was built to service the suburb, lying on the Sheffield to Lincoln line. Unemployment grew as the foundries shut or laid off many employees from the 1970s on, and the area is now one of the poorest in the city.
An uneasy mix of council housing, 1880s steelworkers cottages, small terrace housing and 1930s private semi-detached houses make up the accommodation within the Darnall area.
The choice of comprehensive schooling was compromised in the 1990s when the neighbouring secondry school 'park house comprehensive' was closed by Sheffield Education Department leaving just one secondry school of questionable output in the district.
To compound matters in Darnall, in 2003, wm Morrison stores pulled out of the district after over 20 years being a significant local hub for the local community. Relocating to a new purpose built store 2 miles away, the community felt let down by the move and also found the new store almost inaccessible by public transport to and from the district.
As of 2007, only Wilkinson stores survive as a national retail chain in the district along with just 2 banks and a selection of local shops.
High Hazels Park located in Darnall was once regarded as one of the largest and finest parks in Sheffield. Officially a district park, the park is the major open space in this area of the city and has always been of great importance to the local community.
Darnall has a large immigrant community, including many Muslims (Primarily of Pakistani and Bangladeshi origin). The suburb has several mosques.
One plan for extending the Sheffield Supertram would extend the routes through Darnall, towards Handsworth and south Rotherham.
[edit] Meadowhall
[edit] Tinsley
Tinsley (grid reference SK395907) is a district in the northeastern part of Sheffield. Its name derives from the Old English Tingas-Leah, which means 'Field of Council'. It is mentioned as 'Tirneslawe' or 'Tineslawe' in the Domesday Book of 1086 when it was in the possession of Roger de Busli. The chapel of St Laurence, Tinsley was built in 1877 on the site of an ancient (possibly of Anglo-Saxon origin) chapel.[2] An annual royal payment was received until 1847 in order that a service for the dead could be held.[3]
Tinsley Wood lay to the south of the settlement, on land now partly occupied by Sheffield City Airport and High Hazels Park. It may have been the site of the Battle of Brunanburh in 934, where Athelstan of England gained the submission of the Celtic monarchs of Britain.[3]
Another tradition associated with the settlement required the Lord of the Manor of Tinsley to take a pair of white gloves to the Lord of Tickhill each year at Michaelmas, and receive in return a white dove to keep over winter.[3]
Through the 18th and 19th centuries this area changed from a rural area to a major industrial centre known for its collieries, iron, steel, and wire works.
Companies such as George Cohen, the '600 works', Osbourn Hadfield and Brinsworth Strip Mills were proud occupants of the landscape near Tinsley and it's wholly industrial neighbouring district 'Templeborough'. Only the BOC plant remains within the village boundaries now with all the remaining works either demolished or preserved as a museum to what was the heart of Sheffield industry until 1985.
Today, replacing the steelworks on Vulcan Road is the Meadowhall shopping centre—one of the largest in the UK. The name Tinsley is also associated with the nearby former railway marshalling yard and the Tinsley Viaduct, which carries the M1 motorway across the Don valley.
Until the late 1980s, Tinsley was a well preserved and well respected area of the city of Sheffield. The centre of the village was the local co-op store and the community spirit was strong. A range of schools served the village and public transport was excellent. Sadly, the 1990s saw a rapid decline in the fortunes of the village with ethnic unrest, an increase in crime and the closure of the local secondary school 'Park House'.
Deregulation of public transport and high fares have led to a dramatic reduction in public transport which, due to the village location has led to the district offering less access to the nearby shopping facilities in Sheffield, Meadowhall and Rotherham.
Tinsley Recreation Ground In the centre of Tinsley is the Tinsley Recreation ground (sometimes referred to as "the Rec"). Recently part of this has been claimed as a community centre called Tinsley Green. The whole of the recreation ground has been repaired after years of vandalism and neglect by the council. It now has one of the most modern playgrounds in sheffield.
It now boasts a new 5-aside football pitch, Tennis court, modern child safe playground, adult rides and a cricket bowling practice area.
The future of Tinsley as a regenerated area is uncertain and despite many community initatives, the village remains without a single major brand supermarket or secondary school.
[edit] References
- ^ Clyde Binfield et al, The History of the City of Sheffield 1843-1993: Images
- ^ Wood, Michael (2001). Tinsley Wood. In In Search of England: Journeys into the English past, pp203–221. Penguin Books Ltd (University of California Press in the United States). ISBN 0-520-23218-6
- ^ a b c Tinsley Park Wood
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