Beauchief and Greenhill

UKWard| name= Beauchief and Greenhill|

population=18,600
district= Sheffield| constituency= Sheffield Heeley| county= South Yorkshire| region= Yorkshire and the Humber| councillors=Simon Clement-Jones (Liberal Democrats) Anthony Homes (Liberal Democrats) Clive Skelton (Liberal Democrats)

Beauchief and Greenhill ward—which includes the districts of Batemoor, Beauchief, Chancet Wood, Greenhill, Jordanthorpe, and Lowedges—is one of the 28 electoral wards in City of Sheffield, England. It is located in the southern part of the city and covers an area of convert|2.4|sqmi|km2. The population of this ward in 2001 was 18,600 people in 8,900 households.

It is one of the five wards that form the Sheffield Heeley parliamentary constituency.

The districts of this ward were in the historic county of Derbyshire, but they were annexed into the county borough of Sheffield in 1934 associated with the West Riding of Yorkshire, and were thus included in the metropolitan county of South Yorkshire in 1974.

Parks and recreation

About a third of the area of the ward is taken up by the grounds of Beauchief Abbey and Beauchief Hall. These include Ladies' Spring Wood, Parkbank Wood, Beauchief Park, and two golf courses. Also within the ward are Hutcliff Wood and Chancet Wood.

chools

Schools in this ward include Meadowhead Secondary School, Abbey Lane Primary School, Greenhill Primary School [http://www.greenhillschool.ik.org Greenhill Primary School] .

Districts in Beauchief and Greenhill ward

Beauchief

Beauchief (gbmapping|SK333817) is a former village that has become a suburb of Sheffield. It lies on a hill above the River Sheaf and the Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet.

Beauchief, generally pronounced "bee-chiff", is notable for two buildings, still surrounded by parkland: Beauchief Abbey and Beauchief Hall.

Beauchief Abbey

Beauchief Abbey was built in 1183 by the canons who had mills on the River Sheaf and a sheep grange on Strawberry Lee. It was named "Beau" meaning beautiful and "chief" meaning headland.

The abbey was founded in 1175, Beauchief Abbey was the only Premonstratensian abbey in the West Riding of Yorkshire.

The ruined abbey buildings were dismantled to provide stone for the construction of Beauchief Hall in 1671 with the exception of the bell tower. The tower area was converted into the Pegge family chapel, the interior displays several armorial plaques of Pegge family members.

The carp pond is well known spot for local anglers.

Beauchief abbey farm was built around 1700. The farm, as well as its pond, fed the monks.

The path up to Bradway passes near Beauchief Hall.

Beauchief Abbey House

Beauchief Abbey House is a group of houses on Beauchief Abbey Lane. It is situated at the bottom of the lane in view of the abbey. The barn adjacent to Beauchief Abbey House has been identified as dating from the early XVI^th Century [ [http://www.sheffield.gov.uk/your-city-council/council-meetings/archive/north-and-west/agenda-13-april-2004/scag-mins-24-february-2004 Sheffield Council planning permissions.] ] and a modern house in limestone and steel has been built next to the main house. Archaeological work has been made in the grounds of house but not yet been published [ [http://www.shef.ac.uk/archaeology/staff/merrony.html University of Sheffield study page] ] .

Beauchief Hall

Beauchief Hall is a large manor house on the high ground of Beauchief. The house was built in 1671 by Edward Pegge of the Ashbourne family who had acquired the estate by marriage to Gertrude Strelley in 1648. Pegge served as Sheriff of Derbyshire in 1667 whilst resident in Pegge's cottage the house adjacent to the current hall. A fireplace in the hall shows a bust of Edward Pegge with the arms of the Pegge and Strelley families, the fire place is said to have been a gift from the Mundy family.

The hall and grounds passed from the family with the sale of the property by Edward Strelley Pegge Burnell in 1923. Ending Joseph Hunters statement in Hallamshire 1819 that "We have in this family an instance, which by some has been supposed rare, of the direct descendants of the original grantee possessing and residing upon the abbey-lands granted to their ancestor"

Since 1923 the house has served as a school (De la Salle College), a hotel and now currently as headquarters of a software company [ [http://www.edp.co.uk EDP website] ] .

The hall is said to be haunted by both the Lady in White and a monk [ [http://www.mysterymag.com/hauntedbritain/?page=article&subID=115&artID=281 A well documented website] ] .

Beauchief also had a railway station situated on Abbey Lane. "See Beauchief railway station for full article".

Greenhill

Greenhill (gbmapping|SK345814) is a suburb of Sheffield, England. Nearby settlements include Bradway, Meadow Head, Abbeydale and Woodseats.

Greenhill, generally pronounced "grennell" or "green hill" if you lived there or in Bradway, has a library, primary school, church and shops. There are also several bus routes into the centre including the 1, 76, 25, 25A, M17 and 275, which even goes into Derbyshire.

Chancet Wood

Lowedges

Lowedges (gbmapping|SK351806) (also known as Low Edges) is a council estate located to the south of Greenhill and lies on the boundary with Derbyshire. The estate is formed of council houses and flats as well as a few convenience shops. The estate is also home to the Transport Golf Course and Lowedges Fire Station. A single row of terrace houses along the southern part of Chesterfield Road forms one of the most southern buildings in the city, and was the original Low Edges.

Local Transport - First South Yorkshire 76 (High Green - Lowedges via. City Centre) (Blue Line) and 53 (Ecclesfield - Lowedges via. City Centre) terminate at Lowedges Terminus. These are high frequency buses during day time.

Batemoor

Batemoor (gbmapping|SK355805) is a housing estate in the south of Sheffield. It is located to the southeast of Greenhill and borders Lowedges, Norton, Jordanthorpe and Dronfield.

The estate was built circa 1964, and consists largely of prefabricated flat-roofed housing, along with blocks of maisonettes/flats.

It borders on the Derbyshire countryside and farming country, being only a couple of miles from the villages of Coal Aston and Holmesfield and on the edge of the town of Dronfield.

The estate is served by a main bus route, a public house called (appropriately) The Batemoor, and a newly built Infant & Junior school. It is also near the Jordanthorpe Shopping Centre.

Main roads lead to the M1 motorway, and Dronfield railway station is nearby.

Jordanthorpe

Jordanthorpe (gbmapping|SK360811) is located to the east of Greenhill and south of Norton.

Local Transport - First South Yorkshire 75 (Sheffield Lane Top - Batemoor via. City Centre) (Blue Line) terminates at Jordanthrope. This is a high frequency bus during day time.

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