Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough in the north of England. 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 city is divided into 28 electoral wards for local elections and 6 parliamentary constituencies for national elections.
History Prior to 1848 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 the six townships, becoming the City of Sheffield in 1893.
City centre The following 'quarters' of Sheffield city centre are detailed in the Sheffield City Centre Urban Design Compendium, published by Sheffield City Council in 2003–4.
Castlegate Cathedral Cultural Industries Devonshire Heart of the City Kelham Island Riverside Sheaf Valley St George's St Vincent's The Moor
Wards and localities 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.Summary of Sheffield 2004 Ward Boundary Review. Retrieved 10 September 2005.
Beauchief and Greenhill Abbeydale, Beauchief, Batemoor, Chancet Wood, Greenhill, Jordanthorpe, Lowedges and Meadowhead Beighton Beighton, Hackenthorpe (east), Owlthorpe and Sothall Birley Frecheville, Hackenthorpe (west) and Gleadless (east) Broomhill & Sharrow Vale Broomhall, Broomhill, Crookes(moor), Endcliffe Burngreave Burngreave, Fir Vale, Grimesthorpe, Pitsmoor, Shirecliffe and Woodside City City Centre and Highfield (east) Crookes & Crosspool Crookes and Crosspool Darnall Attercliffe, Carbrook, Darnall, Tinsley and part of Handsworth Dore and Totley Bradway, Dore, Ringinglow, Totley and Whirlow East Ecclesfield Chapeltown, Ecclesfield and Parson Cross (east) Ecclesall Bents Green, Carterknowle, Ecclesall, Greystones and Millhouses Firth Park Firth Park and Longley Fulwood Fulwood, Lodge Moor and Ranmoor Gleadless Valley Gleadless Valley, Herdings, Hemsworth, Rollestone, Newfield Green, Heeley and Meersbrook Graves Park Norton, Norton Lees, Norton Woodseats and Woodseats Hillsborough Hillsborough, Malin Bridge, Owlerton, Wadsley and Wisewood Manor Castle Manor, Park Hill and Wybourn Mosborough Halfway, Mosborough, Plumbley, Waterthorpe and Westfield Nether Edge & Sharrow Highfield (west), Lowfield, Nether Edge and part of Sharrow Park & Arbourthorne Arbourthorne, Gleadless, Newfield Green, Norfolk Park and Ridgeway Richmond Intake, Normanton Spring, Richmond and Woodthorpe Shiregreen and Brightside Brightside, Shiregreen and Wincobank Southey Birley Carr, Foxhill, Parson Cross (west), Southey and Wadsley Bridge Stannington High Bradfield, Low Bradfield, Dungworth, Loxley, Middlewood, Stannington, Strines, Woodland View and Worrall Stocksbridge and Upper Don Bolsterstone, Deepcar, Ewden, Midhopestones, Oughtibridge, Stocksbridge and Wharncliffe Side Walkley Neepsend, Netherthorpe, Upperthorpe and Walkley West Ecclesfield Burncross, Grenoside and High Green Woodhouse Handsworth, Orgreave and Woodhouse
Civil parishes
Bradfield Ecclesfield Stocksbridge
Other areas Lower Don Valley, the historic East End of Sheffield
Parliamentary constituencies Sheffield is covered by six parliamentary constituencies, each formed from a number of wards. Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough Sheffield Central Sheffield Hallam Sheffield Heeley Sheffield South East Penistone and Stocksbridge, which also includes parts of the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley.
Former 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 the latter was abolished in 1955 and the former was replaced by a revived Central constituency in 1983.
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