Hillsborough, South Yorkshire
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Template:UKWard Hillsborough ward—which includes the districts of Hillsborough, Malin Bridge, Owlerton, Wadsley and Wisewood —is one of the 28 electoral wards in City of Sheffield, England. It is located in the northwestern part of the city and covers an area of 4.6 km². 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 councillors for the ward.
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Districts of Hillsborough ward
Hillsborough
Hillsborough (Template:Gbmapping) 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 lies on the Sheffield Supertram route, and is home to a number of industries. Liquorice Allsorts are manufactured by Bassetts in Hillsborough. The district is also a shopping area, centred on Hillsborough Corner.
Landmarks in the district include Hillsborough Barracks, Hillsborough House in Hillsborough Park and the Regents Court flats.
Wadsley
Wadsley (Template:Gbmapping) 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.
Wisewood
Wisewood is the area at the top of the hill between the Rivers Don and Loxley. It is mostly comprised of the Sutton Estate built by the William Sutton Housing Trust, and the Wisewood Estate. The Wisewood Estate was known locally as the Button Estate (in contrast to Sutton). When originally built in the 1930s many of the occupants worked in uniformed occupations, such as policemen and tram conductors, and the uniforms were noted for their buttons.
Malin Bridge
Malin Bridge (Template:Gbmapping) 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
Owlerton (Template:Gbmapping) 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. It is also the location of the Hillsborough stadium where Sheffield Wednesday play their matches, and from which the team's nickname (the Owls) derives. It was also site of the Hillsborough Disaster in 1989.