42-550: Kelham Island may refer to: Kelham Island Quarter , one of the eleven quarters of Sheffield City Centre Kelham Island Museum , an industrial museum, part of the Sheffield Industrial Museums Trust, located in the above quarter Kelham Island Brewery , a brewery located in the above quarter Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
84-464: A cost of £6,300 in 1874. It was consecrated on 29 July by William Thomson, Archbishop of York . It has a slender bell tower with wooden belfry and a pyramidal slate roof. The interior has a seating capacity of 600 and includes a high chancel arch, oak reredos installed in 1907 and various stained glass memorial windows. Is situated at SK337907 and is popularly known as the Five Arches, it
126-725: A crenellated parapet and a square tower. Neepsend has many public houses ; the Gardeners Rest, the Forest, The Harlequin, Tye Chimney House, The Wellington, the Ship Inn, The Riverside, The Fat Cat, The Kelham Island Tavern and The Milestone. The area is home to the Kelham Island Brewery . Kelham Island was created by the building of a goit (mill race) fed from the River Don to serve the water wheels powering
168-542: A housing area in the 1860s for the railway employees, and, in 1888, the Neepsend railway station was opened but closed to passengers in 1940. The Great Sheffield Flood devastated the Neepsend area on 12 March 1864, killing approximately 77 people in the deluge. The whole locality was more or less flooded. The gas works suffered substantial damage losing more than 1,000 tons of coal as well as boilers and engines. Many of
210-566: A small mammal survey carried out by the Sorby Natural History Society found that the Parkwood Springs area was home to bank voles and wood mice . Owlerton Owlerton ( / ˈ oʊ l ər t ən / ) is a suburb of the city of Sheffield , England, 2.2 miles (3.5 km) northwest of the city centre near the confluence of the River Don and River Loxley . Owlerton was a small rural village from
252-597: A wave machine and water slides. The centre has received the award of UK Centre of the Year by the Fitness Industry Association (FIA) on four occasions. The building is of noteworthy design, featuring extensive glazing within the walls and roof trusses which are supported on external columns. St. John the Baptist church is also on Penistone Road ( SK336899 ) and was built by J.B. Mitchell-Withers at
294-518: Is a suburb of the city of Sheffield , it stands just 1 mile (1.6 km) north-west of the city centre. The main area of Neepsend covers the flood plain of the River Don from Lady's Bridge at the Wicker up to Hillfoot Bridge. The suburb falls within the Central Ward of the city. The adjacent district of Parkwood Springs is often regarded as part of the suburb. The origin of the word Neepsend
336-584: Is believed to come from the Old Norse language, with the word "nypr" meaning a peak, the "end" part was added as Neepsend lies in the Don valley at the termination of a high ridge which descends from Shirecliffe and over Parkwood. The morphology of the ridge was changed when an artificial ski slope was created to form the Sheffield Ski Village . The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Place Names gives
378-628: Is part of The Sheffield College . Its design has large amounts of glass integrated into it and uses the Pilkington frameless glazing system. The stadium ( SK332906 ) is the home ground of Sheffield Wednesday F.C. who played their first game there in 1899. The ground was built on land formerly part of the Hillsborough House estate. The ground was called Owlerton Stadium until 1914 and gave Sheffield Wednesday their nickname of "The Owls". Situated on Broughton Road ( SK334901 ), it
420-499: Is situated on Penistone Road at grid reference SK335902 . It was built in 1989 by the structural engineers William Saunders & Partners for the 1991 World Student Games . The centre is run by Sheffield International Venues and features a large leisure pool (slides, flumes, features etc.) and also a sizable teaching pool, a large sports hall and gymnasium. The swimming pool has a pioneering moving floor which allows it to be used for both competition and leisure swimming as well as
462-560: Is the George Bassett & Co. Ltd sweet factory, made world-famous by the manufacture of Liquorice Allsorts . The firm was established in Sheffield in 1842, but did not come to Owlerton until 1934 when Bassett's son in law Samuel Meggit Johnson built a large factory on Beulah Road ( SK337902 ). The factory was enlarged in the inter-war period as new products such as Jelly Babies , Wine Gums and Liquorice Novelties were added to
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#1732780867854504-490: The Brooklyn Works (Grade II listed) are important industrial heritage sites. Aizlewood's mill is a grade two listed building and is a former six storey flour mill built in 1861 and it is on Nursery Street, close to the city centre. The derelict building was restored and opened as a business centre in 1990. The other building have also been converted away from industrial use. The area is home to an industrial museum,
546-587: The Early Middle Ages ; it became part of Sheffield in the early 1900s as the city expanded. Owlerton is just east of Hillsborough and within the Hillsborough ward . Hillsborough Stadium , Hillsborough Leisure Centre and Hillsborough College are in Owlerton. The name is believed to come from the abundant growth of alder trees in the area. It was the home of Owlerton F.C. football team in
588-558: The General Strike of 1926 for firewood. The Parkwood Ganister and Coal Mine operated between 1938 and 1963, the coal being sold to the power station and the ganister to make fire bricks. Neepsend suffered damage from air raids in 1940 during the Second World War ; the gas works was severely damaged as three million cubic feet of gas stored in four gas holders was ignited. Neepsend Lane was badly damaged by bombing and
630-537: The Green Lane Works are at present disused. In December 1845, the Sheffield, Ashton-Under-Lyne and Manchester Railway opened, and Neepsend was a key point on the line with Neepsend engine shed being built to supply and overhaul locomotives for the nearby Sheffield Victoria railway station . The Neepsend shed even built a number of locomotives for the line. The Parkwood Springs district was developed as
672-538: The Kelham Island Museum , including the famous River Don Engine. The once had Sheffield's last traditional hand-made scissor makers, Ernest Wright and Son Limited, until their relocation to premises closer to the city centre in 2011. Yellow Arch Studios , a music recording studio on Burton Road, well known artists such as the Arctic Monkeys , Richard Hawley and Jarvis Cocker have all used
714-435: The Kelham Island Museum . With a population explosion in Sheffield, Neepsend was radically changed in the second half of the 19th century. In 1852, Neepsend Gas Works, one of the area's most famous landmarks, was built by the newly formed Gas Consumers Company. The neighbouring district of Owlerton was supplied with gas by the rival Sheffield United Gas Light Company, and eventually an amalgamation solved any problems between
756-683: The 18th century before being demolished in May 1931. In the eighteenth century, a well said to have curative properties was discovered in Owlerton. Situated below the confluence of the Rivelin and Loxley rivers the area suffered badly during the great flood of 1864 . During the 19th and the first half of the 20th century Owlerton became industrialised, using the water power of the Rivers Loxley and Don to drive machinery for steel and tool making, corn mills and paper mills. Owlerton became part of
798-530: The 19th century. Owlerton existed in Anglo-Saxon times when it was documented as an enclosed farmstead in the 9th century. In the early 12th century it became a small manor following the Norman conquest of England . The Normans created several of these small manors which were reliant on Sheffield Castle and included ones at the nearby hamlets of Wadsley and Shirecliffe . The earliest written record of
840-522: The City of Sheffield in 1901 with the new tram service from the city centre starting on 26 January 1901, running to the bottom of Parkside Road. The face of present-day Owlerton was changed radically in the mid-1980s when the main A61 road (Penistone Road) was converted into a dual carriageway; this resulted in many of the old terraced houses and several public houses being demolished. An area of housing on
882-437: The Parkwood Springs estate was bulldozed and then landscaped, in 1988 the Sheffield Ski Village was opened on the site. The village included eight ski runs, ski lodge, retail shops and restaurants. The Ski Village closed on 29 April 2012 when the main building was destroyed by a fire. On 28 November 2017 it was announced that developers wanted to rebuild on the site, and redevelop a £22.5 million sports centre. In June 2007,
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#1732780867854924-624: The Staceys, the Southabys followed by the Bamforths who were lords of the manor until 1776, when the family name became extinct. It then passed to the Burgoyne family who held the title and land until 1926 when all manors ceased to exist as a result of a Property Act. Owlerton Hall, which stood at the present day junction of Penistone Road and Bradfield Road was converted to a row of cottages in
966-510: The area was badly flooded when the River Don burst its banks. Many businesses and properties were affected. September 2012 saw the completion of new flood defences between Nursery Street and the River Don, the work costing £680,000 incorporates a pocket park into the design. The park has stepped levels sloping down to the river, which are designed to hold back any overflow. The Green Lane Works (Grade II* listed ), Cornish Place Works and
1008-441: The area. The Scandinavians arrived in the 10th century and started to clear the woodland and turn the valley floor by the River Don into fields and meadows. The wood was further cleared between the early 17th century and the mid 19th century for timber and by charcoal burners. A network of fields were left on the high ground and a local well or spring probably gave this district its name of Parkwood Springs. The 18th century brought
1050-524: The eastern side of the road was cleared to make way for the new Hillsborough Leisure Centre. The Victoria, Royal Hotel, Sportsmans Group, Cambridge Inn and Rose Inn pubs were all knocked down in the new developments along the new road in the ensuing few years. Remaining pubs in the area are the Old Crown, New Barrack Tavern and the Masons Arms on Capel Street (demolished in 2015). The redevelopment in
1092-475: The facilities at the studios, with Hawley and Cocker both recording albums there. The New Testament Church of God also on Nursery Street is a Grade II listed building built by Flockton, Lee & Flockton it was financed by Anne and Elizabeth Harrison, who stipulated that it should be an exact copy of Christ Church in Attercliffe (1826) and therefore has an old-fashioned look with thin pointed buttresses,
1134-699: The first industrial development for the area when the Sandbed Wheel of the Sandbed Tilt Company was constructed on the Don just upstream from Hillfoot Bridge. Further development continued when the Neepsend Tannery was opened in 1821, the 1853 OS map showing the Neepsend Tavern and a brewery on Rutland Road. The adjacent Kelham Island district was one of Sheffield's most important early industrial areas; it now houses
1176-480: The industrial mills on the River Don were badly damaged and all the boundary walls by the river were swept away. The Neepsend Bridge managed to withstand the onslaught although a large amount of debris was piled up against it. Hillfoot Bridge, then made of timber, was swept away and later replaced by a stone structure. The 20th century brought the opening of the Neepsend Power Station , erected on
1218-612: The late 1980s and 90s resulted in the area getting a KFC , Pizza Hut , B&Q and two large franchised car dealers ( Citroën and Peugeot ). The area suffered in the 2007 floods with the Penistone Road area suffering when the Don and Loxley burst their banks, the Sheffield Wednesday ground was flooded along with many dwellings and the Wardsend bridge over the Don was swept away. Hillsborough Leisure Centre
1260-662: The main gas main hit; nine cottages were destroyed by a large bomb in Parkwood Road. The gas works reopened in 1943 after the bombing, but today gas is no longer produced at the works although the largest of the holders is still standing and is used to store North Sea gas. After the Second World War the resident population was greatly reduced, resulting in Boyland Street School closing in 1946 and Neepsend Hillfoot School closing in 1975. In 1978
1302-564: The national grid. The vertical boiler tank engine Neepsend , which spent its entire life working at the power station, is preserved at the Great Central Railway , where it is awaiting restoration into working order. In 1905 the electric Sheffield Tramway route between the city centre and Owlerton opened and passed through Neepsend, going along Neepsend Lane. The last remnants of the Old Park Wood were felled during
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1344-526: The range. In April 1939 a huge fire damaged the building severely as hundreds of tons of sugar burned with ferocity. In 1989 Bassetts was purchased by the Cadbury Schweppes group and became part of its confectionery subsidiary Cadbury Trebor Bassett . On 19 January 2010, it was announced that Cadbury and Kraft Foods had reached a deal whereby Kraft would purchase Cadbury for £8.40 per share, valuing Cadbury at £11.5bn. Swann-Morton Ltd are one of
1386-560: The settlement as a manor is from 1297 when it was recorded that Thomas de Schefeld, lord of the manor of Owlerton was one of the original witnesses of the establishment of the Burgery of Sheffield . There is no further record until 1534 when Thomas Creswyke built the manor house (Owlerton Hall). The Creswykes were a prominent local family and had owned land in the area since 1339. Margaret Creswick married Thomas Steade in 1696; he later built Burrowlee House . Succeeding lords of Owlerton were
1428-601: The site of the Old Parkwood brick works in 1902. It was ideally situated on the banks of the Don where water could be used for condensing purposes and close to the railway station which supplied coal. The power station was expanded on several occasions, a cooling tower was added in 1937 and a second in 1947. It became obsolete and was decommissioned in 1976 when the CEGBs newer stations on the River Trent started to feed
1470-476: The title Kelham Island . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kelham_Island&oldid=1163760395 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Kelham Island Quarter Neepsend
1512-551: The top producers in the world of scalpels and surgical blades, manufacturing over 1.5 million blades a day. They export to over 100 countries around the world. Mr W.R. Swann, Mr J.A. Morton and Miss D. Fairweather founded the business in August 1932 and moved firstly to Bradfield Road and then after the war to a purpose built facility in Owlerton Green. ( SK335899 ). The firm was originally a razor blade manufacturer but over
1554-508: The two companies. The Neepsend Rolling Mills were established in 1876, just downstream from Neepsend Bridge, and produced crucible steel for the cutlery industry. After being demolished, it was the subject of an archaeological dig in 2003 before apartments were built on the site. Other industrial heritage buildings in the area are the Globe Works and Cornish Place , which have been converted into offices and apartments respectively while
1596-472: The word "Nipa" as of Swedish and Norwegian origin and means a crag or steep river bank. In a 1297 subsidy roll the suburb was referred to as Nipisend and in 1637 as Nypysend. There is no evidence of ancient settlement in Neepsend, the area being heavily forested with the steep ground to the north covered by the dense woodland of Old Park Wood, although a Late Bronze Age socketed axehead, found in 1921 close to Hillfoot Bridge does suggest ancient human activity in
1638-517: The workshops of the areas' now former industry. The Neepsend area, and in particular the old Gasworks site, is the main focus of the University of Sheffield's Integrated Design Project for 3rd year Civil and Structural Engineering Students. It is also the focus of the University of Sheffield's Multi-disciplinary Design Project for final year Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Architecture and Landscape Architecture students. In October 2017
1680-431: The years emphasis was shifted to surgical blades which was a growing market. In 2000, the firm invested heavily and expanded the works to increase despatch, sterile storage, laboratories and production facilities. Further expansion took place in 2019, with the acquisition of premises on the opposite side of Penistone Road, to be named Woodland Works. Other prominent firms in Owlerton include Symmetry Medical on Beulah Road,
1722-410: Was built in 1711 and is the oldest building in the Owlerton and Hillsborough area. The stadium ( SK338900 ) was opened on Easter Saturday, 30 March 1929 for the new craze of Speedway . In 1932 a 500-metre Greyhound racing track was constructed around the edge of the speedway track. There is a casino called Napoleon's built on the car park. The longest established and best known firm in Owlerton
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1764-633: Was constructed to carry the Sheffield, Ashton-Under-Lyne and Manchester Railway which opened in 1845 over the Scraith Wood ravine. Herries Road (A6102) was constructed in the ravine in the 1920s and the viaduct now spans this road. The railway was once a busy inter-city line; it lost out to the Hope Valley Line after the 1960s as a route to Manchester . The last passenger train crossed the viaduct in 1983. Situated on Livesey Street ( SK340899 ) this £27 million institute opened in 2006 and
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