Ridgeway, Derbyshire

Ridgeway
Ridgeway
	St John The Evangelist Church
	Ridgeway Location within Derbyshire
OS grid reference	SK401811
Civil parish	Eckington;
District	North East Derbyshire;
Shire county	Derbyshire;
Region	East Midlands;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	SHEFFIELD
Postcode district	S12
Police	Derbyshire
Fire	Derbyshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	North East Derbyshire;
	List of places UK England Derbyshire 53°19′52″N 1°23′49″W / 53.331°N 1.397°W

Ridgeway is a village in Eckington parish, North East Derbyshire in the English county of Derbyshire.

Location

Ridgeway lies just south of the South Yorkshire border, around 5 miles southeast of Sheffield City Centre. The village is surrounded by a number of hamlets and villages with Highlane to the north, Ford, Bramley and Birley Hay to the south, Plumbley and Mosborough to the east, and Troway and Geerlane to the west.

History

Ridgeway is believed to be around 700 years old, and would once have been part of Sherwood Forest. It is still a self-contained village, within North East Derbyshire, and is in the Moss Valley Conservation Area.

Ridgeway originally consisted of three smaller settlements: Sloadlane, Ridgeway and Ridgeway Moor. Also, many people amalgamate the nearby villages of Birley Hay, Ford and Highlane with the above settlements, though they do virtually run into one another today.

Ridgeway was once deeply involved in the local industry of sickle and scythe manufacturing, like its neighbouring villages. At one time, it had a large industrial scale scythe manufactury known as the Commonside Sickle Manufactory. It has now been converted into apartments. Similar manufactories could be found at Birley Hey, a hamlet built entirely as of industry, at Highlane, where Hutton & Co that ran the Phoenix Works resided and at Mosborough. Grindstones, likely brought in from Millstone quarries from what was to be the Peak district or Rotherham, stand testament to this old industry, and many can be found literally built into people's houses.

Facilities

Ridgeway has a primary school (Ridgeway Primary School), a church (St John The Evangelist Church, Ridgeway), a Methodist chapel, four pubs (The Bridge Inn, The Swan, The Queen's Head and The Phoenix Inn), sports facilities (football, tennis, bowls, cricket) and a restaurant (The Old Vicarage) that used to hold a Michelin Star.

Notable residents

Clinton Woods, IBF Light Heavyweight World Champion
Mark Pearson (1939 - 2023), footballer^[1]

References

^ "United saddened by Pearson passing away". www.manutd.com. Retrieved 22 September 2023.

External links

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[1] "United saddened by Pearson passing away". www.manutd.com. Retrieved 22 September 2023.

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