East Ecclesfield

{{short description|Electoral ward in the City of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}

{{Use British English|date=February 2020}}

{{Infobox UK place

| official_name = East Ecclesfield

| static_image_name = sheffield-wards-East Ecclesfield.png

| static_image_caption = Shown within Sheffield

| metropolitan_borough = City of Sheffield

| metropolitan_county = South Yorkshire

| region = Yorkshire and the Humber

| country = England

| constituency_westminster = Penistone and Stocksbridge

| coordinates = {{coord|53.443|-1.470|display=title,inline|region:GB_scale:10000|format=dms}}

| label_position = left

| councillors = Craig Gamble-Pugh (Labour)
Alan Woodcock (Lib Dem)
Robert Reiss (Lib Dem)

| population = 18,295

| population_ref =

| area_total_sq_mi = 3.8

| area_footnotes =

| hide_services = yes

}}

East Ecclesfield ward—which includes the districts of Chapeltown and Ecclesfield—is one of the 28 electoral wards in City of Sheffield, England. It is located in the northern part of the city and covers an area of {{convert|3.8|sqmi|km2}} in the eastern part of Ecclesfield Parish. The population of this ward in 2011 was 18,295 people in 7,863. East Ecclesfield is one of the six wards that make up the Sheffield Hillsborough Parliamentary constituency. The Boundary Commission for England, in their final report, recommended that East Ecclesfield should become part of a reformed Penistone and Stocksbridge constituency. The East Ecclesfield ward is composed of eight polling districts. These include Blackburn, Chapeltown, Ecclesfield, Ecclesfield Common, High Greave, Horbury, Warren and Wheata.

Districts in East Ecclesfield ward

=Ecclesfield=

File:Ecclesfield Church, Sheffield.jpg

{{main|Ecclesfield}}

Ecclesfield ({{gbmapping|SK353942}}) is a village, now a northern suburb of Sheffield. It lies near the railway line from Sheffield to Barnsley. Until 1953, Ecclesfield had a railway station.

Notable buildings in Ecclesfield include St Mary's Church and Ecclesfield Priory.

=Chapeltown=

{{main|Chapeltown, South Yorkshire}}

Chapeltown ({{gbmapping|SK355963}}) lies to the north of Ecclesfield. It has its own railway station and at junction 35 on the M1 motorway.

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Category:Ecclesfield

Category:Wards of Sheffield

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