Deepcar is a village located on the eastern fringe of the town of
Stocksbridge,
South Yorkshire
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, England. It is in the electoral ward of
Stocksbridge and Upper Don, approximately north-west of
Sheffield city centre
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.
[Ordnance survey. 1:25000. c.2012]
Geography
The village lies south-west of the confluence of the
River Don and
Little Don River
The Little Don River also known as the Porter, is a tributary of the River Don in South Yorkshire, England. Arising on the Langsett Moors in the northern Peak District, the Little Don River feeds the Langsett and Underbank Reservoirs. It run ...
, and near to the junctions of the
A616 road and
A6102 roads, and the former junction of the '
Woodhead Line' (Sheffield to
Penistone
Penistone ( ) is a market town and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, which had a population of 22,909 at the 2011 census. Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is west of Barnsley, n ...
section, built for the
Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway
The Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway was an early British railway company which opened in stages between 1841 and 1845 between Sheffield and Manchester via Ashton-under-Lyne. The Peak District formed a formidable barrier, and ...
) and private
Stocksbridge Railways;
the village was served by the
Deepcar railway station
Deepcar railway station, originally "Deep Car", is a disused railway station near Deepcar, South Yorkshire, England. The station, situated on the line built by the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway, opened on 14 July 1845. The ...
from 1846 to 1959.
History
The Deepcar archaeological site, which included a structure or 'house', dating to the
mesolithic period, and ascribed to the
Maglemosian culture was excavated in 1962 close to the junction of the Don and Little Don at Wharncliffe Wood. (). The site's culture has similarities to
Star Carr
Star Carr is a Mesolithic archaeological site in North Yorkshire, England. It is around five miles () south of Scarborough.
It is generally regarded as the most important and informative Mesolithic site in Great Britain. It is as important to ...
in North Yorkshire, but gives its name to unique "Deepcar type assemblages" of
microliths
A microlith is a small stone tool usually made of flint or chert and typically a centimetre or so in length and half a centimetre wide. They were made by humans from around 35,000 to 3,000 years ago, across Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia. Th ...
in the archaeology literature.
A potential
Romano-British
The Romano-British culture arose in Britain under the Roman Empire following the Roman conquest in AD 43 and the creation of the province of Britannia. It arose as a fusion of the imported Roman culture with that of the indigenous Britons, ...
settlement has also been identified near the river banks.
The parish church of
St John the Evangelist was opened in 1878.
See also
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Listed buildings in Stocksbridge
References
External links
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Sources for the history of DeepcarProduced by Sheffield City Council's Libraries and Archives
Villages of the metropolitan borough of Sheffield
Villages in South Yorkshire
Towns and villages of the Peak District
Archaeological sites in South Yorkshire
Stocksbridge
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