Gleadless Valley

Gleadless Valley ward is one of the 28 electoral wards in City of Sheffield, England. It is located in the southern part of the city. It covers an area of 4.5 square kilometres and includes the districts of Heeley, Lowfield, Meersbrook, Gleadless Valley, Herdings and Hemsworth. The population of this ward in 2001 was 19,700 people in 9,000 households. In the 2004 local elections Terence Leslie Fox , Rosemary Ann Telfer, and Garry David Weatherall—all Labour Party candidates—were returned as councilors for the ward. It is one of the five wards that form the Sheffield Heeley parliamentary constituency whose Member of Parliament elected at the 2001 general election was Meg Munn.

Contents

1 Districts of Gleadless Valley ward

1.1 Heeley
1.2 Hemsworth
1.3 Herdings
1.4 Lowfield
1.5 Meersbrook
1.6 Gleadless Valley

Districts of Gleadless Valley ward

Heeley

Heeley () is a former village now a suburb in the south of the City of Sheffield, England. The village has existed at least since 1343, it's name deriving from 'Heah Leah', meaning a high, woodland clearing. Originally Heeley was divided into three: Upper Heeley was around the intersection of Myrtle Road and Heeley Green, Middle Heeley was on the Gleadless Road at Hartley Street, and Lower Heeley was on the London Road around Artisan View. The main road through Heeley is the A61 London Road/Chesterfield Road, this dates from 1757 when it was built as a trunpike road from Sheffield to Chesterfield. A toll bar was built on this road at Heeley over the Meers Brook on what was at that time the boundary between Yorkshire and Derbyshire. The Midland Main Line railway line between Chesterfield and Sheffield, constructed in 1870, also passes through Heeley, a station and carriage siding were built on the former site of Heeley Mill.

Meersbrook

Meersbrook (Grid reference: SK354841) is a suburb of the City of Sheffield, England located to the south of Heeley. It's name derives from the 'Meers Brook', a tributary of the River Sheaf. The name Meers Brook means 'boundary brook' and in ancient times this, along with the River Sheaf formed the boundary between the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of Northumbria and Mercia. It remained as the boundary between Yorkshire and Derbyshire into the 20th century.

A large part of the Meersbrook area is taken up by Meersbrook park. This park, set on a steep hillside, affords panoramic views over central Sheffield to the north. Within the park are two historic buildings: Bishops' House (c1500) is one of the oldest buildings in Sheffield and is open as a museum, and Meersbrook Hall. Meersbrook Hall was the home of the Ruskin Museum until 1950. John Ruskin originally set up his museum as the 'Museum of St. George' in 1871 at a small cottage in Walkley, but it was renamed and moved to Meersbrook Hall in 1890. The Ruskin collection can still be seen in Sheffield's Millennium Galleries.