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Bowshaw
Bowshaw is an area in Derbyshire, England, that now forms part of the town of Dronfield. There is little for the casual visitor to see except a long row of 20th-century houses alongside the road from Dronfield to Sheffield, although some notable buildings include Bowshaw House, built in the 1730s by the Lucas family, Bowshaw Farm (formed by a division of Bowshaw House by the Hatfield family c. 1940) and Bowshaw Inn.
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Sheffield F.C. Women
Sheffield Football Club Ladies is an English women's football club affiliated with Sheffield F.C. The club won the FA Women's Premier League Northern Division in 2014–15 and the following promotion play-off and is the first club to earn promotion to the FA WSL 2.
The team was founded in 2003 and started at the lowest level of the league pyramid back then.
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Sheffield F.C.
Sheffield Football Club is an English football club, currently based in Dronfield, Derbyshire. They compete in the Northern Counties East League Premier Division, on the ninth level of the English football pyramid. Founded in October 1857, the club is considered by FIFA as the oldest existing independent club still playing football in the world.
Sheffield F.C. initially played games amongst each other under the Sheffield Rules and did not officially adopt the new FA rules until 1878.
The club competes in the Rules derby with near neighbours Hallam. In 2004, they were given the FIFA Order of Merit, an award given to only one other club; Real Madrid. In 2007 they were inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame, to commemorate their 150th anniversary.
On the pitch, the club's finest hour came in 1904 when they won the FA Amateur Cup, a competition conceived after a suggestion by Sheffield. They also finished as runners up of the FA Vase in 1977.
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Bradway Tunnel
Bradway Tunnel, 1 mile 266 yards (1.853 km) long, was built in 1870 about 1-mile (1.6 km) north of Dronfield, Derbyshire, in South Yorkshire, England.
It is at the summit of the Midland Main Line between Chesterfield and Sheffield, on what is known to railwaymen as the "New Road" built by the Midland Railway to serve Sheffield, which was bypassed by the North Midland Railway's "Old Road" due to the gradients involved. During its excavation a number of small heading tunnels were needed to drain some 16,000 gallons of water an hour.
At the north end is the triangular junction with the Hope Valley Line and Dore & Totley station. Northwards the line proceeds down a 1 in 110 gradient, through the abandoned Beauchief, Millhouses & Ecclesall and Heeley stations, into Sheffield station.
North western portal: 53°19′19″N 1°30′35″W
South eastern portal: 53°18′45.3″N 1°29′11.6″W
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Dronfield Manor
Dronfield Manor is an early 18th-century manor house situated at Dronfield, Derbyshire, which is occupied by the town library. It is a Grade II listed building.
The manor of Dronfield was owned by the Crown until granted by King John to William Briewer. Thereafter it passed through several hands until in about 1600 it was sold by Anthony Morewood to Francis Burton.
The old manor house was replaced with the present house which was commissioned by Ralph Burton in about 1700. The sandstone house is of two storeys with a seven bay entrance front, the central bay of which projects to form a two-storey porch with an arched doorway.
Burton died in 1714 and the estate passed to his sister's husband Rossington. Rossington sold to John Rotheram (High Sheriff of Derbyshire) in 1750. His son Samuel Rotheram (High Sheriff in 1773) died in 1795 and the estate passed to his sister and then by her bequest to Joseph Cecil.
The manor remained in the ownership of the Cecil family until the 20th century. In the 1930s it was acquired by Dronfield Urban District Council for use as council offices. Since 1967 the building has been occupied by the town's library.