Darnall
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Darnall ward is one of the 28 electoral wards in City of Sheffield, England. It is located in the eastern part of the city. It covers an area of 17.4 square kilometres and includes the districts of Attercliffe, Darnall, Tinsley and parts of Handsworth. The population of this ward in 2001 was 21,000 people in 8,400 households. In the 2004 local elections Mohammad Altaf, Robert Harry Harpham, and Mary Lea, all Labour Party candidates were returned as councilors for the ward.
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Districts of Darnall ward
Attercliffe
Attercliffe (Template:Gbmapping) is an industrial suburb of northeast Sheffield. Lying on the south bank of the River Don, it originally grew as a small hamlet centred on Attercliffe Chapel, and was part of the parish of Sheffield.
Attercliffe was always an industrial area, but by the early 20th century, there was a large residential population and high-class shops. The area declined as slum housing was cleared and not replaced, while industries closed or moved to larger sites further out of Sheffield.
The area became a centre for Sheffield’s LGBT population, and is known locally for its sex industry, garnering a reputation as Sheffield's equivalent to Soho.
Its location on the Sheffield Supertram, the completion of the Five Weirs Walk and construction of the Don Valley Stadium and Sheffield Arena in the 1990s brought some life back to the area. In 2002, the first new housing was built in Attercliffe.
Sheffield Attercliffe is also the name of one of Sheffield's six Parliamentary constituencies.
Darnall
Darnall (Template:Gbmapping) is an suburb eastern Sheffield, it was initially a small hamlet usually included with Attercliffe. It developed during the 19th century as an area housing steelworkers working in the large foundries of the Lower Don Valley. A station was built to service the suburb, which lies on the Sheffield to Lincoln line. Unemployment grew as the foundries shut or laid off many employees from the 1970s on, and the area is now one of the poorest in the city.
High Hazels Park (http://www.lhi.org.uk/docs/hipdf.pdf) located in Darnall was once regarded as one of the largest and finest parks in Sheffield. Officially a district park, High Hazels is the major open space in this area of the city and has always been of great importance to the local community.
Darnall has a large immigrant community, including many Muslims. The suburb has several mosques.
One plan for extending the Sheffield Supertram would extend the routes through Darnall, towards Handsworth and south Rotherham.
Tinsley
Tinsley (Template:Gbmapping) is a district in the northeastern part of Sheffield. Its name derives from the Old English Tingas-Leah, which means 'Field of Council'. It is mentioned as 'Tirneslawe' or 'Tineslawe' in the Domesday Book of 1086 when it was in the possession of Roger de Busli. Through the 18th and 19th centuries this area changed from a rural area to a major industrial centre known for its collieries, iron, steel, and wire works. Today much of the industry has gone and Tinsley now hosts the Meadowhall shopping centre—one of the largest in the UK. The name Tinsley is also associated with the nearby former railway marshalling yard and the Tinsley Viaduct which carries the M1 motorway across the Don valley.