Deepcar is a village located on the eastern fringe of the town of Stocksbridge, South Yorkshire, England. It is in the electoral ward of Stocksbridge and Upper Don, 7 miles (11 km) approximately north-west of Sheffield city centre.[1][2]
| Deepcar | |
|---|---|
 Houses along Manchester Road | |
  Deepcar Location within Sheffield | |
| OS grid reference | SK285975 |
| Civil parish | |
| Metropolitan borough | |
| Metropolitan county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | SHEFFIELD |
| Postcode district | S36 |
| Dialling code | 0114 |
| Police | South Yorkshire |
| Fire | South Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| UK Parliament | |
Geography
editThe village lies south-west of the confluence of the River Don and Little Don River, and near to the junctions of the A616 road and A6102 roads, and the former junction of the 'Woodhead Line' (Sheffield to Penistone section, built for the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway) and private Stocksbridge Railways;[1][3] the village was served by the Deepcar railway station from 1846 to 1959.[4]
History
editThe 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. (grid reference SK 2920 9812).[5][6] The site's culture has similarities to Star Carr in North Yorkshire, but gives its name to unique "Deepcar type assemblages" of microliths in the archaeology literature.[7]
A potential Romano-British settlement has also been identified near the river banks.[8]
The parish church of St John the Evangelist was opened in 1878.[9]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Ordnance survey. 1:25000. c.2012
- ^ DEEPCAR, Stocksbridge Town Council
- ^ Ordnance survey. 1:10560. 1894
- ^ Historic England. "Deepcar Station (501261)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 19 February 2014.
- ^ Radley, J.; Mellars, P. (1964). "A Mesolithic structure at Deepcar, Yorkshire, England and the affinities of its associated flint industry". Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. 30: 1–24. doi:10.1017/S0079497X00015024.
- ^ Sources:
- Tolan-Smith, Chris (2008), "Chap. 5 : Mesolithic Britain", in Bailey, Geoff; Spikins, Penny (eds.), Mesolithic Europe, Cambridge University Press, pp. 132–157, ISBN 978-0-521-85503-7
- Millward, Roy; Robinson, Adrian (1975), The Peak District, Eyre Methuen, p. 97, ISBN 9780413315502
- Historic England. "Monument No. 312597". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 19 February 2014.
- ^ Hey, Gill (2014). "5: Late Upper Palaeolithic and Mesolithic: Resource Assessment". In Hey, Gill; Hinds, Jill (eds.). Solent-Thames research framework for the historic environment : resource assessments and research agendas. Oxford: Oxford Archaeology. p. 64. ISBN 978-0-9574672-1-7.
- ^ Historic England. "Monument No. 312589". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 19 February 2014.
- ^ "Deepcar and Stocksbridge: St John the Evangelist (with St Matthias) - A Church Near You". www.achurchnearyou.com. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
External links
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- Deepcar Area, Stocksbridge & District History Society
- Sources for the history of Deepcar Produced by Sheffield City Council's Libraries and Archives
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