Intake is a suburb and former village located south-east of
Sheffield
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city centre,
South Yorkshire
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I ...
, England. Due to expansion during the 20th century, the village became a part of the city of Sheffield. Intake is linked to
Frecheville via
Birley Moor Road
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Route
It begins in the town of Barlborough as "Sheffield Road" at the junction with the M1. The road then heads to the north-west, passing through Renishaw where it cro ...
, and to
Gleadless via Hollinsend Road.
History
Prior to the 19th century, the area was mainly farmland. The
Shire Brook which flows through the south-east, originally marked the boundary between
Derbyshire
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and
Yorkshire
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. However, in the 20th century, many collieries were opened in the area, with
coal mining
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being the main source of employment. In the 1870 publication ''
Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales'' by
John Marius Wilson, Intake is described as being 'a village in Handsworth parish, W. R. Yorkshire; 3 miles SE of Sheffield. It stands adjacent to collieries, and has a post office under Sheffield'.
There are a number of
listed building
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s in the area, including the
Intake Cemetery Chapel constructed in 1879, along with the surrounding walls and washhouse. The first burial at the cemetery was for a George Smith, killed at
Birley Collieries on 13 January 1903.
Notable people
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Jarvis Cocker of
Pulp was born in Intake.
See also
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Richmond, Sheffield
Richmond is a suburb of Sheffield in South Yorkshire, England. It lies in the eastern part of the city ().
Richmond was historically a small settlement consisting of a few cottages and Richmond Hall Farm, built in 1668 and demolished in 19 ...
References
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Villages of the metropolitan borough of Sheffield