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12-457: Manor Castle ward —which includes the districts of Claywood , Manor , Manor Park , Park Hill , and Wybourn —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 5.4 km (2.1 sq mi). The population of this ward in 2001 was 21,000 people in 9,700 households, the population increasing to 21,223 at

24-505: A city and metropolitan borough in the north of England , vary widely in size and history. Some of the areas developed from villages or hamlets , that were absorbed into Sheffield as the city grew, and thus their centres are well defined, but the boundaries of many areas are ambiguous. The areas of Sheffield do not play a significant administrative role, but the city is divided into 28 electoral wards for local elections and 6 parliamentary constituencies for national elections. Prior to 1848

36-472: A number of wards; Brightside and Hillsborough , Central , Hallam , Heeley , South East , and Penistone and Stocksbridge , which also includes parts of the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley . There are other areas that do not fit into the list above: Sheffield Attercliffe (UK Parliament constituency) Sheffield Attercliffe was a parliamentary constituency in the City of Sheffield . It

48-663: Is the name of the district in which the Park Hill flats are sited. The name relates to the deer park attached to Sheffield Manor , the remnant of which is now known as Norfolk Park . The Reverend and the Makers song " Heavyweight Champion of the World " includes the line "At school he used to dream about being Bruce Lee /But the need for chops in Manor Top ain't all that great you see". Districts of Sheffield The areas of Sheffield ,

60-518: The 1930s as a garden city type development, to alleviate overcrowding in central Sheffield. However, unlike true garden cities, places of work were not included in the scheme, although nearby Darnall and Attercliffe had some industry. Manor is named for Sheffield Manor and is adjacent to Manor Park. Manor Top is now served by the Sheffield Supertram . Large areas of the estate were demolished, and in some cases rebuilt with private funding, from

72-471: The 2011 Census. It is one of the wards that make up the Sheffield Central constituency. Manor ( grid reference SK387862 ) is a large low-rise housing estate in eastern Sheffield , Yorkshire , England . It is divided into Manor Park , Upper and Lower Manor , and Manor Top . Until the 1930s, the area was mostly rural, with housing only along the main roads. The estate was started during

84-402: The east and south-east of the city. It bordered the constituencies of North East Derbyshire , Rotherham , Rother Valley , Sheffield Brightside , Sheffield Central and Sheffield Heeley . Sheffield Attercliffe constituency was created when the two-seat Sheffield constituency was split into five single-member seats in 1885. The 1944 Sheffield Attercliffe by-election was called following

96-423: The late 1990s onwards. Wybourn ( grid reference SK373871 ) is a council estate , built in the 1920s, lying north of Manor Park and east of Park Hill . In the north west of the district lies Hyde Park , originally a larger version of Park Hill, but since reduced in scale with the demolition of some blocks and the recladding and alteration of circulation elsewhere. Park Hill ( grid reference SK364875 )

108-411: The latter was abolished in 1955 and the former was replaced by a revived Central constituency in 1983. Sheffield is divided into 28 electoral wards for the purposes of City Council elections. The number of electors per ward was set at about 13,500 ± 10% in 2004, following a Local Government ward boundary review. Sheffield is currently covered by six parliamentary constituencies , each formed from

120-464: The parish of Sheffield was divided into six townships: Attercliff-cum-Darnall; Brightside Bierlow; Ecclesall Bierlow; Nether Hallam; Sheffield township; and Upper Hallam. In 1832 the new borough constituency of Sheffield was formed from these townships with the exception of most of Upper Hallam and parts of Ecclesall Bierlow. In 1843 the Municipal Borough of Sheffield was created from the whole of

132-479: The six townships, becoming the City of Sheffield in 1893. The Sheffield constituency was broken into five divisions in 1885: Attercliffe ; Brightside ; Central ; Ecclesall ; and Hallam , with the addition of Hillsborough and Park constituencies in 1918 after the City extended its boundaries. The Central and Ecclesall constituencies were abolished in 1950 in favour of two new constituencies, Heeley and Neepsend , but

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144-975: Was created at the 1885 general election and abolished at the 2010 general election , when it was replaced by a new Sheffield South East constituency. 1885–1918 : The Municipal Borough of Sheffield wards of Attercliffe and Park, and the civil parish of Heeley. 1918–1950 : The County Borough of Sheffield wards of Attercliffe and Darnall. 1950–1955 : The County Borough of Sheffield wards of Attercliffe, Darnall, and Handsworth. 1955–1974 : The County Borough of Sheffield wards of Attercliffe, Darnall, Handsworth, and Tinsley. 1974–1983 : The County Borough of Sheffield wards of Attercliffe, Birley, Darnall, Handsworth, and Mosborough. 1983–2010 : The City of Sheffield wards of Beighton, Birley, Darnall, Handsworth, Mosborough, Richmond and Woodhouse. Note: there were council ward boundary changes in 2004, which abolished Handsworth and created Beighton, Mosborough, Richmond and Woodhouse. From 1997, Sheffield Attercliffe covered much of

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