Southey, South Yorkshire

Southey ward—which includes the districts of Fox Hill, New Parson Cross, Southey, Wadsley Bridge, and part of Old Parson Cross—is one of the 28 electoral wards in City of Sheffield, England. It is located in the northern part of the city and covers an area of 4.6 km². The population of this ward in 2001 was 20,000 people in 8,600 households. It is one of the wards that make up the Sheffield Brightside constituency.

Districts of Southey ward

Southey

Southey () is a former village, now a district and housing estate in the northern part of Sheffield. By 1971, J. Edward Vickers noted that "not one vestige of the old Southey remains".J. Edward Vickers, The Ancient Suburbs of Sheffield, p.18 (1971)

Birley Carr

Birley Carr () is a suburb of Sheffield. It lies by Birley Edge, an inland cliff. At the northern end of Birley Edge is the Birley Stone. A reference from the 1790s refers to a cross on Birley Edge, which the Stone may be the remains of.Neville T. Sharpe, Crosses of the Peak District (Landmark Collectors Library, 2002)

Fox Hill

Fox Hill or Foxhill, as the name suggests, is a hill rising westward from the A61, north of Birley Carr and south of Grenoside. It also rises northwards, giving views towards the city centre in the south. The western side is a ridge (Birley Edge) dropping sharply into the Don Valley.Roger Evans Associates...
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