Gleadless

Gleadless
Gleadless is located in Sheffield
Gleadless
Gleadless
Location within Sheffield
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSHEFFIELD
Postcode districtS12
Dialling code0114
PoliceSouth Yorkshire
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UK
England
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53°20′45″N 1°25′37″W / 53.345773°N 1.426882°W / 53.345773; -1.426882
Bents Green School at Gleadless.
The war memorial on Hollinsend Road.
The New Inn on the corner of Gleadless Common and Hollinsend Road.

Gleadless (/ˈɡldlɪs/[1]) is a suburb and parish[2] within the City of Sheffield, it lies five km (three miles) south east of the city centre. It is bordered by the adjoining suburbs of Gleadless Valley (in whose ward the population falls) to the west, Frecheville to the east and Intake to the north. The land to the south is the rural area of North East Derbyshire district which is outside the city boundary. Gleadless was formerly a country hamlet, then village before becoming part of the expanding city of Sheffield in 1921. The word Gleadless comes from the Old English language and means either "forest clearings haunted by a kite" (gleoda) or "bright clearing" (glaed).[3]

  1. ^ Pointon, G. E. (1983). BBC Pronouncing Dictionary of British Names (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 102. ISBN 0-19-282745-6.
  2. ^ A Church Near You. Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Parish Map.
  3. ^ "Gleadless: From Village To Suburb", Pauline Shearstone, Self published, ISBN 0 9510362 0 3, Gives history and name meaning.

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