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{{dablink|For Beighton in Norfolk see [[Beighton, Norfolk]].}}
{{UKWard|
name= Beighton|
map=sheffield-wards-Beighton.png|
population=17,800 |
district= [[Sheffield]]|
constituency= [[Sheffield Attercliffe (UK Parliament constituency)|Sheffield Attercliffe]]|
county= [[South Yorkshire]]|
region= [[Yorkshire and the Humber]]|
councillors=Helen Mirfin-Boukouris ([[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]])<br/>Christopher Rosling-Josephs (Labour Party)<br/>Ian Saunders (Labour Party)
}}
'''Beighton ward'''—which includes the [[Districts of Sheffield|districts]] of '''Beighton''', '''Hackenthorpe''', '''Owlthorpe''', and '''Sothall'''—is one of the 28 electoral wards in [[Sheffield|City of Sheffield]], [[England]]. It is located in the eastern part of the city, on the border with [[Rotherham]] and covers an area of 5.7 km<sup><small>2</small></sup>. The population of this ward in 2001 was 17,800 people in 7,200 households. The districts of this ward were in the [[Historic counties of England|historic county boundaries]] of [[Derbyshire]]<ref name = "Domesday2">''Domesday Book: A Complete Translation''. London: Penguin, 2003. ISBN 0-14-143994-7 p.744-753</ref>, but they have now been annexed into the [[metropolitan borough]] of Sheffield, thus placing them in the [[ceremonial counties of England|ceremonial county]] of [[South Yorkshire]].
== Districts of Beighton ward ==
=== Beighton ===
'''Beighton''' ({{gbmapping|SK440835}}) is now a [[suburb]] of [[Sheffield]] after much expansion from a village in the last 100 years. The village was mentioned three times in the [[Domesday Book]] of 1086 as ''Bectun''<ref name = "Domesday">''Domesday Book: A Complete Translation''. London: Penguin, 2003. ISBN 0-14-143994-7 p.1313</ref>—the name meaning a farmstead beside a stream (or [[Wiktionary:Beck|beck]]). Some remnants of the old village have survived including the church of Saint Mary the Virgin, which was built in the 12th century.
Being primarily a [[coal mining]] area, many of the houses erected in the first part of the 20th century were by the [[Coal Board]]. Later expansion in the last 30 years has been in private housing.
The [[Rother Valley Country Park]] is just outside the eastern edge of the village and is a local centre for [[water sports]]. A number of artificial lakes have been created for this purpose.
[[Beighton railway station]] was on the [[Great Central Main Line]].
===Sothall===
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===Owlthorpe===
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Owlthorpe<ref name="owl">Owlsthorpe is spelt Dwestorp in Domesday where is it briefly mentioned in a list of manors belonging, in Yorkshire, to the [[Bishop of Durham]]</ref> is a mainly residential area with the area's of Hackenthorpe, Birley and Waterthorpe. It is served by the Sheffield Supertram at its Donetsk Way tram stop. It is classed as a generally well to do area with little crime and delinquency. Its desirability as a residential area is boosted by its proximity to commerce centres such as Crystal Peaks Shopping Centre and Drake House Retail Park. It was mostly rural until the late 1980s when major development was planned and followed through for the area.
=== Hackenthorpe ===
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Historical township of Sheffield. Noted for its Steelmaking and the famous Hackenthorpe sword.
Once a part of Derbyshire.
==References==
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[[Category:Districts of Sheffield]]
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