Burngreave ward is one of the 28 electoral wards in City of Sheffield, England. It is located in the northern part of the city. It covers an area of 7.3 square kilometres and includes the districts of Burngreave, Pitsmoor, Shirecliffe, Fir Vale and Grimesthorpe. The population of this ward in 2001 was 24,000 people in 9,900 households. In the 2004 local elections Jacqueline Drayton, Ibrar Hussian, and Stephen Christopher Sutton Jones—all Labour Party candidates—were returned as councilors for the ward.

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1 Districts of Burngreave ward 1.1 Burngreave 1.2 Fir Vale 1.3 Grimesthorpe 1.4 Pitsmoor 1.5 Shirecliffe

Districts of Burngreave ward

Burngreave

Burngreave () is a suburb of Sheffield that started to develop in the second half of the 19th century. Prior to this, this area was mostly covered by Burnt Greave wood (most of the area of the wood is now covered by Burngreave cemetery). Grimesthorpe Lane, which runs through Burngreave, is a very old road that follows the course of the Roman Ridge a man-made defensive ridge—probably built by the Celtic Brigantes tribe—that used to run from near the Wicker to Mexborough.

Fir Vale

Grid reference: SK364903

Grimesthorpe

Grid reference: SK371901

Pitsmoor

Pitsmoor (Grid reference: SK362893) is a former village, now a suburb of Sheffield. The name derives from Ore-pits as, anciently, this areas main industry was the mining of ore.

Shirecliffe

Grid reference: SK355905