In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Upper Hallam like this:
HALLAM (UPPER), a township in Sheffield parish, W. R. Yorkshire; and a sub-district in Ecclesall-Bierlow district. The township lies averagely 3½ miles WSW of Sheffield; but has a scattered form, and includes the hamlets of Fulwood, Nether-Green, Ranmoor, Carsick-Hill, Crosshack, Stephen-Hill, Sandygate, Stumperlow, Ringinglow, and Hangingwater. ...
Acres, 5, 870. Real property, £7, 961; of which £10 are in mines, and £140 in quarries. Pop. in 1851, 1, 499; in 1861, 1, 643. Houses, 338. Steel working and cutlery are carried on; and there are a church and an Independent chapel.in Fulwood, and a Methodist chapel in Ranmoor.—The sub-district contains also two townships of Dronfield parish, Derby. Acres, 870. Pop., 2, 649. Houses, 551.
Upper Hallam through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Upper Hallam, in Sheffield and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/20135
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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