Loxley, South Yorkshire

Loxley
Loxley is located in Sheffield
Loxley
Loxley
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Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSHEFFIELD
Postcode districtS6
Dialling code0114
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53°24′18″N 1°32′16″W / 53.4049°N 1.5378°W / 53.4049; -1.5378
The centre of Loxley seen from Stannington village, 1.25 miles (2.01 km) to the south-west across the Loxley Valley.
The village green stands at the junction of Loxley Road and Rodney Hill. The copper beech tree was planted in 1935 to mark the Silver Jubilee of King George V.

Loxley is a village and a suburb of the city of Sheffield, England. It is a long linear community which stretches by the side of the River Loxley and along the B6077 (Loxley Road) for almost 2.5 miles (4 km). Loxley extends from its borders with the suburbs of Malin Bridge and Wisewood westward to the hamlet of Stacey Bank near Damflask Reservoir. The centre of the suburb is situated at the junction of Rodney Hill and Loxley Road where the old village green stands and this is located 3 miles (5 km) north west of Sheffield city centre. The suburb falls within the Stannington ward of the City of Sheffield.

Loxley was a village in the West Riding of Yorkshire under the jurisdiction of Wortley Rural District Council, until it became part of the City of Sheffield in the 1974 boundary changes brought on by the Local Government Act 1972. Today the suburb is within Bradfield Parish Council[1] and consists almost exclusively of residential housing but it did have some industrial activity in the past. Much of the Loxley Valley is designated as green belt land.[2]

The place-name derives from the Old English words lox, meaning 'lynx', and leah, meaning "glade". Loxley had a population of 1,775 in 2011.[3]

  1. ^ "Bradfield Parish Council". Bradfield Parish Council. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Loxley.org was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Loxley is made up of 6 output areas in the Stannington ward http://ukcensusdata.com/stannington-e05001062#sthash.9ZQpWrLZ.Aw41TF8v.dpbs