41-476: Sheffield Museums Trust , is a charity created in 2021 to run Sheffield City Council ’s museums and galleries. It was formed from the merger of Sheffield Galleries & Museums Trust (Museums Sheffield), and Sheffield Industrial Museums Trust. It currently manages six sites in the city : Graves Art Gallery , Millennium Gallery , Weston Park Museum , Kelham Island Museum , Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet , and Shepherd Wheel Workshop , as well as being responsible for
82-399: A fulling mill halfway along the valley where a flood plain , created by meltwater at the end of the last ice age , extended southwest from the river. Here he reputedly built a footbridge over the river, perhaps so that his workforce could reach the mill from their homes on the north side. This originally wooden structure, Stocks' Bridge, gave the place its name, not only because it was about
123-448: A large cotton mill extremely close by, or possibly upon, the site of the original mill. The parish church of St Matthias was consecrated in 1890. Stocksbridge historically straddled the large parishes of Penistone and Ecclesfield . In 1872 a local government district called Stocksbridge was created, governed by an elected local board. Such districts were converted into urban districts in 1894. The current Stocksbridge Town Hall
164-521: A part of Somalia. In August 2019, a governance petition was submitted to the council, asking for a referendum on changing the council's governance system. The petition, organised by the Sheffield community group It's Our City!, was signed by over 26000 people (approximately 6.6% of the Sheffield City Council electorate). In September 2019 this petition was accepted as valid under the provisions of
205-577: A third of the council (one councillor for each ward) being elected each time for a four-year term. Sheffield City Council provides approximately 550 services to its citizens. It is also a major employer in the city, with more than 8,000 employees, including all state school staff in its role as Local Education Authority (LEA). In April 2021 the Sheffield Star published a list of seven Council employees earning more than £100k-a-year. Services and employees are organised into four portfolios: The council
246-452: Is currently used only for steel freight trains. Proposals are regularly made to re-open it as a passenger line. The British Steel Stocksbridge Band [sic] is credited with performing "Slaidburn" in the trailer of the 1997 film The Full Monty . Stocksbridge Engineering Steels Brass Band has since been renamed to Unite the Union Band. Deepcar Brass Band remains locally. Nearby Bolsterstone
287-529: Is home to a well-known male voice choir led by male vocalist Alan Rodgers, particularly noted for its performances of Sheffield local carols. Stocksbridge has a strong amateur theatre group called Steel Valley Beacon which produces Shakespeare and other plays every year. Mathcore band Rolo Tomassi were formed and are still based in Stocksbridge. Some of the Arctic Monkeys , and the vocalist of Bring Me
328-655: Is located in the steep-sided valley of the Little Don River , below the Underbank Reservoir . It blends into the areas of Deepcar , Bolsterstone and the eastern end of Ewden valley around Ewden village, which are also within the civil parish. The population of the civil parish as of the 2011 census was 13,455. Until the early 18th century, what is now Stocksbridge was a deciduously wooded valley, running from Midhopestones at its northwestern extremity to Deepcar at its southeastern end. A river, originally called
369-613: Is responsible for 16 cemeteries across the city. Stocksbridge Stocksbridge is a town and civil parish , in the City of Sheffield , in South Yorkshire , England. The town is approximately 9 miles (14 km) from Barnsley and 10 miles (16 km) from Sheffield . Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire , it lies just to the east of the Peak District . The town
410-505: Is served by the local newspaper Look Local Newspaper . The town's local football club, Stocksbridge Park Steels , was founded in 1986 following the merger of Stocksbridge Works and Oxley Park FC. Their home ground is Bracken Moor, located at the eastern end of the town. The club plays in the Northern Premier League Division One East and also organises many youth teams, for ages 8 to 18. Stocksbridge Church
451-543: Is the local authority for the City of Sheffield , a metropolitan borough with city status in South Yorkshire , England. The council consists of 84 councillors, elected to represent 28 wards , each with three councillors. It is currently under no overall control , with Labour , the Liberal Democrats and the Green Party each holding chair positions in a proportionate number of committees. The town of Sheffield
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#1732849133584492-599: The First World War . From then on the products of the USC sites were coordinated so that each works specialised in set products. Fox’s specialised in special steel produce such as spring steel and stainless steels. This developed into the manufacture of high-quality steel for the aviation industry. One specialised department assembled and tested springs for Rolls-Royce cars. During the Second World War, 'Sammy Fox's' Steelworks
533-511: The Liberty House Group , that the latter had purchased Tata's entire UK steelmaking operation for GBP 100 million. This has secured the continuation of steelmaking in the Stocksbridge valley. In May 2021 Liberty Steel Group put the Stocksbridge business up for sale, a consequence of the collapse of Greensill Capital in March 2021. The main road from Sheffield to Manchester passed through
574-563: The Localism Act 2011 , forcing the council to hold a referendum on changing the council's executive arrangements from the Leader and Cabinet system to a Committee system. The referendum was postponed from May 2020 (due to the COVID-19 pandemic ) and took place on 6 May 2021, with 65% voting for change to a Committee system. In 2023 the council leader Terry Fox stood down as leader at the request of
615-635: The Horizon , are from Stocksbridge and attended Stocksbridge School. Local news and television programmes are provided by BBC Yorkshire and ITV Yorkshire . Television signals are received from the Emley Moor and the local relay TV transmitters. Local radio stations are BBC Radio Sheffield on 104.1 FM, Greatest Hits Radio Yorkshire on 102.0 FM, Heart Yorkshire on 107.7 FM, Capital Yorkshire on 105.1 FM, Hits Radio South Yorkshire on 102.9 FM and Penistone FM on 95.7 FM. The town
656-583: The Hunshelf Water and later renamed the Little Don , ran through the valley. This river was also, unofficially, called the Porter, probably on account of its peaty colour. A dirt road, connecting Sheffield with Manchester , ran through the woods adjacent to the river. There were a few stone houses in the valley and a sprinkling of farms on each hillside. In 1716 John Stocks, a local farmer and landowner, occupied
697-514: The Sheffield City Region until 2021), led by the directly elected Mayor of South Yorkshire since 2018. In April 2014, the Sheffield City Council voted to recognize the right to self-determination of Somaliland , an autonomous region in northwestern Somalia , the first city council to do so. The gesture is purely ceremonial and carries no legal weight. The UK government and the international community officially recognise Somaliland as
738-924: The Stocksbridge works was part of the United Engineering Steels group (a joint venture between British Steel and GKN) and was known as "Stocksbridge Engineering Steels". In 1999 the works were taken over by Corus and are part of the Corus Engineering Steels (CES) group. Although for several years Corus ran at a loss, it returned to profit, in part helped by a rise in demand for steel caused by Chinese economic activity. Steel manufacture in Stocksbridge had always been by melting iron and steel firstly in crucibles (from 1860), then Bessemer converters (from 1862) and Siemens Open Hearth Furnaces (from 1899 until 1968) and lastly Electric arc furnaces (from 1939 until 2005). Iron has never been produced from iron ore at Fox's, by any method. In October 2006, Corus
779-518: The UK, due, they said, to crippling electricity prices in the UK which are more than double the price in the European Union and in other competing countries, and to large volumes of cheap steel which are being exported to the west by China. If a buyer could not be found, then steelmaking in the Stocksbridge valley would finally end, after almost 160 years. On 9 February 2017 it was announced by Tata and by
820-413: The city : Graves Art Gallery , Millennium Gallery and Weston Park Museum . Its offices were located at Leader House on Surrey Street. The trust was responsible for the care of the city's historic collections, including visual and decorative art, social history, archaeology and natural sciences. Its mission was 'to connect with our visitors, share stories about Sheffield and the wider world, and care for
861-548: The city centre. The building was purpose-built for the council and was completed in 1897. It is a Grade I listed building . The council also uses a modern office building nearby at Howden House, 1 Union Street, as additional offices and the main customer service centre. There are also smaller offices and area offices across the city. Since the last boundary changes in 2016, the council has comprised 84 councillors representing 28 wards , with each ward electing three councillors. Elections are held three years out of every four, with
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#1732849133584902-469: The city council before the 1974 reforms, Ron Ironmonger, went on to be the first leader of South Yorkshire County Council . Metropolitan Borough Following the 2024 election the composition of the council was: Six of the independent councillors sit together as the "Sheffield Community Councillors" group. The next election is due in May 2026. The council meets at Sheffield Town Hall on Pinstone Street in
943-621: The city's collections'. The Sheffield Industrial Museums Trust ( SIMT ) used to run the council's industrial museums: Kelham Island Museum , Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet , and Shepherd Wheel Workshop . The trust was originally created from a partnership between the City Council, Sheffield Hallam University and the Company of Cutlers in Hallamshire as Kelham Island Museum Ltd. in November 1994. It
984-439: The city's historic collections. Its mission is to be 'an ambitious, resilient, and united museums service that represents, celebrates, and inspires Sheffield'. It is run from offices at Leader House on Surrey Street. Sheffield Galleries & Museums Trust , trading as Museums Sheffield , was a charity created in 1998 to run Sheffield City Council ’s non-industrial museums and galleries. Museums Sheffield managed three sites in
1025-524: The early 1860s when Fox realized that he could save large amounts of money by making his own steel for the wire, rather than buying it in. Furnaces and a rolling mill were installed, which in turn allowed the production of railway lines and springs. The business was incorporated into a limited company in 1871. Between 1872 and 1877 a railway line was built to link the works with the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway at Deepcar railway station . This
1066-401: The infrastructure of Stocksbridge, primarily to house his new workforce and to supply their needs. The wire was initially for textile pins, but around 1848 the business expanded to include wire for umbrella frames which led to Fox developing the “Paragon” umbrella frame in 1851. The business continued to expand, and extended into different products, but underwent a major change in direction in
1107-520: The national Labour Party, amid controversy around the council's response to the Sheffield street tree scandal . Since 2021 the council has been under no overall control . At the 2021 elections , Labour lost its majority on the council, and its leader, Bob Johnson, lost his seat on the council. A coalition between Labour and the Greens was formed to run the council, with Labour's new leader Terry Fox taking
1148-535: The new borough. From 1974 to 1986 Sheffield was a district-level authority, with county-level services provided by South Yorkshire County Council . In 1986, the abolition of metropolitan county councils saw Sheffield City Council become a unitary authority , the modern equivalent of the county borough it had been before 1974. Since 2014 the council has been a constituent member of the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (called
1189-451: The only thing there apart from the mill itself, but also because as a crossing place it appeared under that name on Thomas Jeffrey's map of 1772, so establishing itself as a place name. On various occasions, this bridge was destroyed by flooding, and it was eventually replaced by a stone structure in 1812. In 1794 three businessmen, Jonathan Denton, Benjamin Grayson and Thomas Cannon, built
1230-415: The outgoing authorities until the new arrangements took effect on 1 April 1974. Political control of the council since 1974 has been as follows: The role of Lord Mayor of Sheffield is largely ceremonial and is usually held by a different councillor each year. Political leadership is instead provided by the leader of the council . The leaders since 1901 have been: County Borough The last leader of
1271-502: The role of leader of the council . Following the 2022 election , the Liberal Democrats joined Labour and the Greens in the ruling administration. The 'rainbow coalition' of Labour, The Liberal Democrats and the Green Party has continued following the 2023 election . The first election to the reconstituted city council was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority alongside
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1312-741: The town until the A616 Stocksbridge bypass opened in 1988. The new road links the M1 motorway at Junction 35A (and J36) to the A628 (which is one of the main trans- Pennine routes from Sheffield to Manchester) bypassing the towns of Stocksbridge and Deepcar , diverting the steelworks traffic away from passing through the town. Stocksbridge has bus services that connect the town to Sheffield City Centre , Middlewood tram stop and Barnsley Interchange . The 57/57A (operated by Stagecoach Yorkshire ) runs every 30 minutes. The 57 serves Unsliven Bridge (the western part of
1353-602: The town) to Sheffield City Centre, and the 57A serves Stocksbridge Leisure Centre and Worrall to Sheffield City Centre. Service 201 (operated by South Pennine Community Transport) runs hourly connecting Stocksbridge to Chapeltown. Service 23/23A (South Pennine Community Transport ) connects Stocksbridge to Millhouse Green hourly, and Barnsley twice a day. Smaller services, such as the 34 and the 26 (also operated by South Pennine Community Transport), serve Northern College to Barnsley Interchange and Penistone, respectively. A railway line runs from Stocksbridge to Sheffield via Deepcar, but
1394-465: Was awarded city status in 1893. In 1974 the county borough of Sheffield was abolished under the Local Government Act 1972 , being replaced by a larger metropolitan borough of Sheffield, covering the area of the former county borough plus the abolished Stocksbridge Urban District and the parishes of Bradfield and Ecclesfield . Sheffield's city status was extended to cover the whole area of
1435-424: Was constructed in 1928. The district was merged into the City of Sheffield in 1974. The valley bottom today is almost entirely occupied by steel works. Samuel Fox acquired the old cotton mill in 1842, at first renting it from its then owner, Joshua Newton. Nine years later, in 1851, he purchased the mill outright from Joshua's son, Thomas Newton. Fox converted the place to use as a wire mill, and built much of
1476-454: Was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1843. The borough was run by the Corporation of Sheffield , also known as the town council. When elected county councils were established in 1889 under the Local Government Act 1888 , Sheffield was considered large enough to run its own county-level services and so it was made a county borough , independent from West Riding County Council . The town
1517-504: Was invested in boosting the site's ability to produce aerospace steel, and further developments were planned for 2013. In December 2015 Tata came under investigation by the Serious Fraud Office in connection with the alleged falsification of certificates guaranteeing the quality of its speciality steels. This was then followed in early 2016 by an announcement from Tata that they would be selling their entire steelmaking interests in
1558-583: Was kept busy as part of the war effort. During the Sheffield Blitz by the Luftwaffe, the bombers used the dam at the end of Stocksbridge as a turning point for their run back toward Sheffield. Following nationalisation in 1967, the British Steel Corporation split the stainless steel departments off into a separate business which by 2004 had become part of Outokumpu . During the 1980s and 1990s,
1599-633: Was reconstituted as the Sheffield Industrial Museums Trust in 1998 when the City Council passed to them control of the recently closed Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet and Shepherd Wheel. SIMT was commended by the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council for its repairs to Kelham Island after the 2007 floods. Following years of collaboration, Museums Sheffield and SIMT merged on 1 April 2021 to form Sheffield Museums Trust. Sheffield City Council Other groups (7) Sheffield City Council
1640-474: Was taken over by the Indian company Tata . Corus Engineering Steels (Stocksbridge site) was renamed Tata Steels Speciality. During the 2008 recession Stocksbridge works reduced its workforce and output, focusing on producing lower quantities of high-value product for the aerospace and oil and gas markets. After the recession the company returned to profitability and began investing once again. In 2011 £6.5 million
1681-589: Was the Stocksbridge Railway , which existed as a subsidiary company until 1992. Although the Sheffield to Manchester route via the Woodhead Tunnel was closed to traffic in 1981, a single-track section from Sheffield to Stocksbridge via Deepcar remains to serve the steel works. Samuel Fox & Co joined Steel, Peech and Tozer at Templeborough to form the United Steel Companies (USC) following