For other uses, see Dore (disambiguation).

Dore and Totley ward is one of the 28 electoral wards in City of Sheffield, England. It is located in the southwestern part of the city. It covers an area of 26.3 square kilometres and includes the districts of Dore, Totley, Bradway and Whirlow. The population of this ward in 2001 was 16,400 people in 7,000 households. In the 2004 local elections Keith Leonard Hill (Liberal Democrat), Anne Catherine Smith (Conservative), and Michael Julian Christopher Waters (Conservative) were returned as councilors for the ward. Dore and Totley ward is one of the five wards that make up the Sheffield Hallam constituency whose elected Member of Parliament is currently Richard Allan.

Districts of Dore and Totley ward

Dore

Dore () is a village in South Yorkshire that is now a suburb of Sheffield, having been part of Derbyshire before 1934.

The village lies on a hill above the River Sheaf. It has a reputation of being Sheffield’s wealthiest suburb, and is the only ward of the city that regularly elects a Conservative councillor.

Dore was first mentioned in 829, when it was the site where King Ecgbert became the first king of England by accepting the submission of the Northumbrian army.

Totley

Totley (Grid reference: SK309799) is a district in the extreme southwest of Sheffield, near to the Yorkshire/Derbyshire boundary. Formerly a village, Totley officially became part of Sheffield in 1935. Totley was mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Totinglee, the name meaning a forest clearing belonging to Tota (probably the Saxon lord). Totley Hall , built in 1623 and enlarged in the 19th century, was converted to a teacher training college in the 1950s and was laterly part of Sheffield Hallam University. Totley is roughly divided into three areas: Totley, New Totley and Totley Rise. It is served by the Baslow road, which is a continuation of Abbeydale Road South (A621).

Through the district run the Totley Brook and the Old Hay Brook, which are the two sources of the River Sheaf. Totley also lends its name to the longest underland rail tunnel in the UK. This runs from Grindleford in Derbyshire to the Totley Moors and is on the Sheffield to Manchester line.

Bradway

Grid reference: SK330805

Whirlow

Whirlow (Grid reference: SK317828) lies north west of Dore, on the Limb Brook . It is home to a city farm and two parks.

External link

• The Dore Village Society