Ewden Valley Explained

Static Image Name:Ewden Bridge - geograph.org.uk - 122731.jpg
Static Image Caption:Ewden Bridge, crossing the Ewden Beck
Country:England
Coordinates:53.461°N -1.591°W
Label Position:left
Official Name:Ewden Village
Metropolitan Borough:Sheffield
Region:Yorkshire and the Humber
Metropolitan County:South Yorkshire
Post Town:SHEFFIELD
Postcode District:S36
Postcode Area:S
Dial Code:0114

Ewden Valley is a valley in the civil parish of Bradfield in the Stocksbridge and Upper Don electoral ward of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England.

Ewden Village is located between the Moor Hall and Broomhead reservoirs, close to and south of Bolsterstone, within the civil parish of Stocksbridge.[1] Work on the construction of the two reservoirs was started by Sheffield Corporation in 1913. The reservoirs' construction site was served by the now closed Ewden Railway which connected with the Great Central Railway's Woodhead line in Wharncliffe Wood.[2] A timber built village was constructed to house workers working on the Morehall and Broomhead reservoirs. The village was completed in 1929. By 1969 only 15 of over 70 buildings were occupied, and by the 21st century the village was practically abandoned. By 2008 a single worker's cottage remained from the original navvy village.

Ewden Beck flows from Broomhead Moor, eastwards, supplying the Broomhead reservoir. Excess outfall flows into the River Don. Ewden Height is a local high point in the region at 375m (1,230feet).[3]

On the south side of the beck, upstream of the reservoirs and Ewden road bridge are prehistoric earthworks and other remains: there is a Bronze Age cemetery of around 30 round barrows, typically less than 3m diameter and 0.2mto1mm (00.7feetto03feetm) high, which are crossed by an earthwork 'Broomhead Dyke', around 1200m (3,900feet) long, running roughly parallel to the beck; there is also a 20m (70feet) diameter ring cairn around 100m north of the cemetery.

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Notes and References

  1. Stocksbridge boundary map http://www.stocksbridge-council.co.uk/boundry_map_print.htm (retrieved 28 August 2015)
  2. Web site: Collection Stocksbridge & District History Society. www.stocksbridgehs.co.uk. 16 July 2018.
  3. Ordnance survey. 1:25000. c.2012