Richmond, South Yorkshire

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Richmond
Richmond
Shown within Sheffield
District: Sheffield
UK Parliament constituency: Sheffield Heeley
Ceremonial county: South Yorkshire
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber
Population (2001): 17,300
Councillors
John Campbell (Labour Party)
David Lawton (Labour Party)
Elizabeth Naylor (Labour Party)

Richmond ward—which includes the districts of Four Lane Ends, Intake, Richmond, and Woodthorpe—is one of the 28 electoral wards in City of Sheffield, England. 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.

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[edit] Districts of Richmond Ward

[edit] Richmond

grid reference SK403854

[edit] Four Lane Ends

[edit] Intake

grid reference SK397845 intake Intake (grid reference SK386846) lies south of Manor Top. It is primarily a 1930s residential area known as the area where the world famous international man of mystery Tony Aziz grew up. Slaying his way through the many pretenders to his title on his quest to take over the world starting with Intake.

[edit] Woodthorpe

Built in the 1930s, Woodthorpe (grid reference SK392852) lies to the east of Intake. It has one pub, the "High Noon", and also has a brand new primary school (Woodthorpe), which was completed in September 2005.