Place:


Grenoside  West Riding

 

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Grenoside like this:

GREENOSIDE, or GRENOSIDE, a large village in Ecclesfield township and parish, W. R. Yorkshire; 2 miles N of Wadsley r. station, and 4½ N by W of Sheffield. It has a post office under Sheffield, schools, and a workhouse; and it carries on extensive industry in the cutlery trade, in iron founding, and in stone quarrying. Greno House and Greno Wood are in the vicinity.

Additional information about this locality is available for Ecclesfield

Grenoside through time

Grenoside is now part of Sheffield district. Click here for graphs and data of how Sheffield has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Grenoside itself, go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Grenoside, in Sheffield and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25464

Date accessed: 26th April 2024


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