Hillsborough, South Yorkshire
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Hillsborough ward is one of the 28 electoral wards in City of Sheffield, England. It is located in the northwestern part of the city. It covers an area of 4.6 square kilometres and includes the districts of Hillsborough, Wadsley, Malin Bridge and Owlerton. The population of this ward in 2001 was 18,500 people in 7,700 households. In the 2004 local elections Janet Pleasance Bragg, Robert Macdonald, and Alfred Terence Meade—all Labour Party candidates—were returned as councilors for the ward.
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Districts of Hillsborough ward
Hillsborough
Template:Gbmapping Hillsborough is a suburb in northwest Sheffield. It lies at the point where the River Loxley and the River Rivelin flow into the River Don.
Hillsborough is the location of the Hillsborough stadium where Sheffield Wednesday play their matches. There is a memorial to the victims of the Hillsborough disaster that took place at the stadium in 1989.
Hillsborough lies on the Sheffield Supertram route, and is home to a number of industries. Liquorice Allsorts are manufactured by Bassetts in Hillsborough.
Wadsley
Template:Gbmapping Wadsley is a village—now a district of Sheffield—that dates from Saxon times. Its name comes from the Old English Wadde's Leah, which means 'Wadde's forest clearing'. Wadsley hall is the former residence of the lords of this manor. It was much altered in 1722 by George Bamforth, and it was the birthplace of Sir John Fowler (15 July 1817—20 November 1898) designer of the Forth Rail Bridge.
Malin Bridge
Template:Gbmapping Malin Bridge is in the northwest of Sheffield at the confluence of the rivers Loxley and Rivelin.
Malin Bridge was devastated by the Great Sheffield flood, which happened after the Dale Dyke Dam collapsed shortly before its completion in 1864. In the space of around twenty minutes, nearly 100 people lost their lives as the floodwaters and its payload swept much of the buildings and their occupants away.
Owlerton
Template:Gbmapping Owlerton is a former hamlet now a district of Sheffield to the east of Hillsborough. The name derives from Alor-tun, which means a 'farmstead of the elders'. In the 18th century people came here in great numbers to take water from a holy well that had been discovered here. Owlerton Stadium is used for greyhound racing and speedway.