Richmond ward—which includes the districts

Districts of Sheffield

Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough in the north of England. The neighbourhoods of Sheffield vary widely in size and history. Many of the neighbourhoods developed from villages or hamlets that have become absorbed into Sheffield as the city has grown...

 of Four Lane Ends, Intake, Richmond, and Woodthorpe—is one of the 28 electoral wards in City of Sheffield

Sheffield

Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire, England. Its name derives from the River Sheaf, which runs through the city. Historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and with some of its southern suburbs annexed from Derbyshire, the city has grown from its largely...

, England

England

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. It is located in the southern part of the city and covers an area of 4.5 km². The population of this ward in 2001 was 17,300 people in 7,500 households. It is one of the five wards that form the Sheffield Heeley parliamentary constituency.

Richmond

Richmond is a suburb of eastern Sheffield.

Richmond was historically a small settlement consisting of a few cottages and Richmond Hall Farm, built in 1668 and demolished in 1966. Gateposts from the farm, which may have originally flanked an entrance to Sheffield Park, can still be seen amidst a housing estate dating from the late 1960s.

Intake

Intake lies south of Manor Top. It is primarily a 1930s residential area known as the area where Jarvis Cocker

Jarvis Cocker

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 grew up.

Woodthorpe

Built in the 1930s, Woodthorpe lies to the east of Intake. It has two pubs, the "High Noon" and "The Springwood", and also has a brand new primary school (Woodthorpe), which was completed in September 2005.