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{{short description|Electoral ward in the City of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England}}
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| official_name = Shiregreen and Brightside
| static_image_name = sheffield-wards-Shiregreen and Brightside.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 = [[Sheffield Brightside & Hillsborough (UK Parliament constituency)|Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough]]
| councillors = Dawn Dale ([[Labour and Co-operative]])<br/>Mark Rusling ([[Labour and Co-operative]])<br/>Garry Weatherall (Sheffield Community Councillors Group)
| population = 20,826
| population_ref = ([[United Kingdom Census 2011|2011 census]])<ref name="2011 census"/>
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'''Shiregreen and Brightside ward'''&mdash;which includes the [[Districts of Sheffield|districts]] of '''Brightside''', '''Shiregreen''', and '''Wincobank'''&mdash;is one of the 28 electoral wards in [[Sheffield|City of Sheffield]], [[England]]. It is located in the northern part of the city and covers an area of 6.5&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>. The population of this ward in 2011 was 20,826 people in 8,696 households.<ref name="2011 census">{{NOMIS2011|id=1237320721|title=Shiregreen and Brightside Ward (as of 2011)|access-date=18 October 2018}}</ref> It is one of the wards making up the [[Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough (UK Parliament constituency)|Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough]] parliamentary constituency.

==Districts of Shiregreen and Brightside ward==
===Brightside===
{{main|Brightside, Sheffield}}
'''Brightside''' ({{gbmapping|SK375898}}) is an industrial area of Sheffield, lying on a hill north of [[Attercliffe]] and the [[River Don, South Yorkshire|River Don]]. [[Sheffield Co-operative Society|Brightside and Carbrook Co-operative Society]] opened its first shop in 1868,<ref>[[Meg Munn]], "[http://www.thenews.coop/features/Wider%20Co-op%20Movement/1006 Our Movement faces a stark choice: either progress or stagnate] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718162739/http://www.thenews.coop/features/Wider%20Co-op%20Movement/1006 |date=18 July 2011 }}", ''Co-operative News'', 1 June 2006</ref> taking its name from this area and the nearby district of [[Carbrook, Sheffield|Carbrook]].

===Shiregreen===
'''Shiregreen''' ({{gbmapping|SK370930}}) is a mainly [[residential]] area to the north of [[Firth Park]] and north-west of [[Darnall|Meadowhall]].
The settlement originated in the Middle Ages around the farmstead later known as Crowder House, first known from a deed of 1402. A number of hamlets stood on the site, including [[Reynaldthorpe]], Over Hartley and Hartley Brook. Nearby cottages were built, known as the Bell Houses and the Hadfield Houses, housing farm workers and a [[fork]]-making industry. Both sets of houses gave their names to roads in the area, Bellhouse Road and Hatfield House Lane.<ref>J. Edward Vickers (1971), ''The Ancient Suburbs of Sheffield'', p.18</ref> The Church of St James and St Christopher is located on Bellhouse Road in Shiregreen.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shiregreenchurch.co.uk/ |title=St James and St Christopher| accessdate= 22 September 2020}}</ref>

===Wincobank===
[[File:Wincobank - Don Valley from Fort.jpg|thumb|top|left|Wincobank - Don Valley from Fort]]
'''Wincobank''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|w|ɪ|ŋ|k|ə|ˌ|b|æ|ŋ|k}} {{Respell|WINK|ə|bank}};<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/254027237953367/videos/222953081142593/|title=The Wincobank! by Ian McMillan|work=Facebook|date=23 April 2012|accessdate=10 October 2021}}</ref> {{gbmapping|SK383913}}) is a [[suburb]] of [[Sheffield]], located in the north-east of the city, overlooking the nearby [[Meadowhall shopping centre]] and the [[Tinsley Viaduct]].

An [[Wincobank (hill fort)|Iron Age hill fort]] was constructed at Wincobank by the Celtic [[Brigantes]] tribe, standing on the summit of a steep hill above the [[River Don, South Yorkshire|River Don]]. It is possible that here, during the 1st century, the Brigantes attempted to defend against the northward advance of the [[Roman legion]]s. An ancient defensive dyke called [[Roman Rig]] runs from the fort to [[Mexborough]].

Wincobank is home to St Thomas Boxing School which has produced some of Britain's best boxers of recent years including [[Herol 'Bomber' Graham]], [[Naseem Hamed]] and [[Johnny Nelson]].

The labour activist [[J. T. Murphy|Jack Murphy]] was born in Wincobank .<ref name="SG">{{cite web|last1=Stevenson|first1=Graham|title=Murphy J T (Jack)|url=http://www.grahamstevenson.me.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=875:murphy-j-t-jack&catid=13:m&Itemid=114|website=www.grahamstevenson.me.uk|access-date=16 May 2017|language=en-gb}}</ref>

In 1922 the artist, [[Stanley Royle]], painted the view from Wincobank in his painting, Sheffield from Wincobank Wood, one of four large views in oils of Sheffield, commissioned by Frederick Horner, a local art dealer.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/sheffield-from-wincobank-wood-72282|title=Art UK - Your Paintings - Sheffield from Wincobank Wood|website=Art UK|publisher=[[Art UK]]|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|access-date=12 June 2020}}</ref>

[[Concord Park]] lies between Shiregreen and Wincobank.

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