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'''Dore''' is a large village in [[Derbyshire]] that forms a suburb of [[Sheffield]] in neighbouring [[Yorkshire]]. The village lies on a hill above the [[River Sheaf]] which gave [[Sheffield]] its name. Dore is served by Dore and Totley railway station on the Hope Valley Line between Sheffield and [[Manchester]]. The railway tunnel between Dore and Totley under a limb of the [[Pennines]] to [[Hathersage]] in Derbyshire is second only to the [[Severn Tunnel]] in length. They are the longest main line railway tunnels anywhere in [[Great Britain]] - the [[London Underground]] and [[Channel Tunnel]] to France excepted, of course.
 
'''Dore''' is a large village in [[Derbyshire]] that forms a suburb of [[Sheffield]] in neighbouring [[Yorkshire]]. The village lies on a hill above the [[River Sheaf]] which gave [[Sheffield]] its name. Dore is served by Dore and Totley railway station on the Hope Valley Line between Sheffield and [[Manchester]]. The railway tunnel between Dore and Totley under a limb of the [[Pennines]] to [[Hathersage]] in Derbyshire is second only to the [[Severn Tunnel]] in length. They are the longest main line railway tunnels anywhere in [[Great Britain]] - the [[London Underground]] and [[Channel Tunnel]] to France excepted, of course.
  
==History==
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==Name==
[[File:Stone of Ecgbert - Dore 19-07-05.jpg|thumb|250px|The "Dore Stone", commemorating King Egbert's victory]]
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The name ''Dore'' is most likely to derive from one of two possible origins. It could be the same Old English root as ''door'', signifying a 'gateway' or pass between two kingdoms.<ref>Vickers, J. Edward MBE (1999). Dore. In ''Old Sheffield Town. An Historical Miscellany'' (2nd ed.), pp64–71. Sheffield: The Hallamshire Press Limited. {{ISBN|1-874718-44-X}}</ref> Alternatively, it could be associated with the Old Welsh 'dwr' for ‘water’.<ref>Brelsford, V. (1953). A History of Dore and Totley, pp1-2.</ref>
The name ''Dore'' derives from the same Old English root as ''door'', signifying a 'gateway' or pass between two kingdoms.<ref>Vickers, J. Edward MBE (1999). Dore. In ''Old Sheffield Town. An Historical Miscellany'' (2nd ed.), pp64–71. Sheffield: The Hallamshire Press Limited. ISBN 1-874718-44-X</ref> The [[Limb Brook]], [[River Sheaf]], and [[Meers Brook]] marked the boundary between the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of [[Deira]] (later [[Northumbria]]) and [[Mercia]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Addy |first=Sidney Oldall |title=A Glossary of Words Used in the Neighbourhood of Sheffield. Including a Selection of Local Names, and Some Notices of Folk-Lore, Games, and Customs |year=1888 |publisher=Trubner & Co. for the English Dialect Society |location=London |chapter=The Geographical or Ethnological Position of Sheffield |chapterurl=http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/A_glossary_of_words_used_in_the_neighbourhood_of_Sheffield/The_Geographical_or_Ethnological_Position_of_Sheffield}}</ref>
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The ''[[Anglo-Saxon Chronicle]]'' contains the earliest written record of Dore, recording that in 827 (more likely 829) King Egbert of [[Wessex]] led his army to the village to receive the submission of King Eanred of [[Northumbria]], thereby establishing his overlordship over the whole of Anglo-Saxon Britain:
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A derivation from ‘water’ would refer to the streams that meet at Dore: the [[Limb Brook]], [[River Sheaf]], and [[Meers Brook]] marked the boundary between the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of [[Deira]] (later [[Northumbria]]) and [[Mercia]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Addy |first=Sidney Oldall |title=A Glossary of Words Used in the Neighbourhood of Sheffield. Including a Selection of Local Names, and Some Notices of Folk-Lore, Games, and Customs |year=1888 |publisher=Trubner & Co. for the English Dialect Society |location=London |chapter=The Geographical or Ethnological Position of Sheffield |chapter-url=http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/A_glossary_of_words_used_in_the_neighbourhood_of_Sheffield/The_Geographical_or_Ethnological_Position_of_Sheffield}}</ref>
:This year was the moon eclipsed, on mid-winter's mass-night; and King Egbert, in the course of the same year, conquered the Mercian kingdom, and all that is south of the Humber, being the eighth king who was sovereign of all the British dominions. Ella, king of the South-Saxons, was the first who possessed so large a territory; the second was Ceawlin, king of the West-Saxons: the third was Ethelbert, King of Kent; the fourth was Redwald, king of the East-Angles; the fifth was Edwin, king of the Northumbrians; the sixth was Oswald, who succeeded him; the seventh was Oswy, the brother of Oswald; the eighth was Egbert, king of the West-Saxons. This same Egbert led an army against the Northumbrians as far as Dore, where they met him, and offered terms of obedience and subjection, on the acceptance of which they returned home.<ref>Extract from the ''[[Anglo-Saxon Chronicle]]''. Translations available at [https://web.archive.org/web/20050325211939/http://sunsite3.berkeley.edu/OMACL/Anglo/ Berkeley Digital Library] and [http://www.gutenberg.net/etext/657 Project Gutenberg]</ref>
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It can therefore be reasonably argued that Egbert became the first king of all [[England]] at Dore. A plaque commemorating the event was erected on the village green in 1968 by the Dore Village Society. The Old School was built in 1821 on the site of a previous school, on the right hand side was the teacher's accommodation. When Dore's new school was opened, the Old School was restored and opened as a community centre.
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==History==
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[[File:Stone of Ecgbert - Dore 19-07-05.jpg|left|thumb|130px|The "Dore Stone"]]
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The [[Anglo-Saxon Chronicle]] contains the earliest written record of Dore, recording that in 827 (or more likely 829) King Egbert of [[Wessex]] led his army to the village to receive the submission of King Eanred of Northumbria, thereby establishing his overlordship over the whole of Anglo-Saxon Britain:
  
Christ Church Dore was built in 1829 and Dore became a separate parish in 1844.<ref>{{cite web | title=Dore History | work=Open Dore, a website of the Dore Village Society | url=http://www.dorevillage.co.uk/ | accessdate=29 May 2005}}</ref> Dore remained a small village, having a population of just 500 in the 19th century, until it was annexed by Sheffield in 1933.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mdfs.net/Docs/Sheffield/Borders/ |title=The borders of Sheffield from 1843 to 1994 |accessdate=19 August 2007 |last=Harston |first=Jonathan G. |year=2005 }}</ref>
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{{quote|This year was the moon eclipsed, on mid-winter's mass-night; and King Egbert, in the course of the same year, conquered the Mercian kingdom, and all that is south of the Humber, being the eighth king who was sovereign of all the British dominions. Ælle, king of the South-Saxons, was the first who possessed so large a territory; the second was Ceawlin, king of the West-Saxons: the third was Ethelbert, King of Kent; the fourth was Rædwald, king of the East-Angles; the fifth was Edwin, king of the Northumbrians; the sixth was Oswald, who succeeded him; the seventh was Oswy, the brother of Oswald; the eighth was Egbert, king of the West-Saxons. This same Egbert led an army against the Northumbrians as far as Dore, where they met him, and offered terms of obedience and subjection, on the acceptance of which they returned home.<ref>{{ASC|E|827}}</ref>}}
  
A paper mill was built on Avenue Farm in the 17th century, Joshua Tyzack converted the building into a scythe forge in 1839 and in 1881 built a large house next to the forge as a country retreat, his initials can be seen above the front door. In 1932 Dore's Parish council built a memorial commemorating the deaths of the First World War.
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A plaque commemorating the event was erected on the village green in 1968 by the Dore Village Society.
  
==Brinkburn Grange==
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A paper mill was built on Avenue Farm in the 17th century, Joshua Tyzack converted the building into a scythe forge in 1839. In 1881 he built a large house next to the forge as a country retreat: his initials can be seen above the front door.
Brinkburn Grange was built in 1883 by Thomas B. Matthews. The land was part of [[Bradway]] Mill and Matthews was director of Turton Brothers & Matthews, a Sheffield steel, file and spring makers. The mill dam was then used as an ornamental lake. The Grange was demolished in 1938.
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[[File:Brinkburn Grange 10-04-06.JPG|150px|thumb|250px|Brinkburn Grange entrance]]
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==Schools==
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The Old School was built in 1821 on the site of a previous school, on the right hand side was the teacher's accommodation. When Dore's new school was opened, the Old School was restored and opened as a community centre.
Schools in Dore include Dore Primary School, King Ecgbert School (secondary) and the Rowan Primary Special School.
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==Residents==
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Dore remained a small village, having a population of just 500 in the 19th century, until it was swallowed within Sheffield’s civic boundaries in 1934, after which its fields began to be built upon in earnest.
Notable residents include Gary Megson, a former footballer and manager of Sheffield Wednesday F.C., Dave Bassett, former footballer and former manager of Southampton F.C., Watford F.C., Sheffield United F.C. and Nottingham Forest F.C., and Chris Waddle, former England International and player with Sheffield Wednesday.
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Former Sheffield United manager (and Manchester United player) Bryan Robson owns a penthouse in the village of Dore.
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==About the village==
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[[File:ChristChurchDore.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Christ Church, Dore]]
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Christ Church, the Church of England parsh church, was built in 1828. Dore became a separate parish in 1844.<ref>{{cite web | title=A Brief History of Dore| website=Dore Village Society | url=https://dorevillage.co.uk/pages/a-brief-history-of-dore | access-date=18 June 2021}}</ref> The church is a Grade II listed building.<ref>{{NHLE|1247077|Christ Church|grade=II}}</ref>
  
Former England footballer and Captain, the late Emlyn Hughes, lived in the village.
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===Brinkburn Grange===
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[[File:Brinkburn Grange 10-04-06.JPG|right|thumb|200px|Brinkburn Grange entrance]]
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Brinkburn Grange was built in 1883 by Thomas B. Matthews. The land was part of [[Bradway]] Mill and Matthews was director of Turton Brothers & Matthews, a Sheffield steel, file and spring makers. The mill dam was then used as an ornamental lake. The Grange was demolished in 1938.
  
Michael Dent, the only British player to have ever won the European Table Soccer (Sports table football) Championship, first learnt to play Subbuteo whilst a teenager living in Dore.
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===Sheffield Clarion Club House===
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Dore Moor was the site chosen for the Sheffield Clarion Club House, often known as the Dore Moor Clarion Club House. This was an independent socialist social centre which continued operating until 1967, by which time the club house was more or less defunct.
  
Michael Vaughan of Yorkshire County Cricket Club and former captain of the England cricket team, is a resident;
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==Railway==
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The village is served by Dore and Totley railway station on the Hope Valley Line between Sheffield and Manchester Piccadilly, via New Mills Central.
  
Joe Root, also of Yorkshire and England, was born and raised in Dore.
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The railway tunnel between Dore and Totley, under a limb of the [[Pennines]] to [[Grindleford]] in Derbyshire, is the longest main line railway tunnel in Britain after the [[Severn Tunnel]].
  
[[Abbeydale Park]], a former county cricket ground for both Derbyshire and Yorkshire, lies just north of the suburb. Recently, Sheffield's Olympic gold medallist Jessica Ennis-Hill purchased a property in the village.
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==Sport==
 
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*Cricket:  Abbeydale Park, a former county cricket ground for both Derbyshire and Yorkshire, lies just north of the village
==References==
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{{Reflist}}
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==Outside links==
 
==Outside links==
 
{{commons|Dore, South Yorkshire}}
 
{{commons|Dore, South Yorkshire}}
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*{{OpenDomesday|SK3081|Dore}}
* [http://www.dore.sheffield.sch.uk/ Dore Primary School website]
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*[https://dore.sheffield.sch.uk/ Dore Primary School]
* [http://www.ecgbert.sheffield.sch.uk/ King Ecgbert School website]
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*[https://www.ecgbert.sheffield.sch.uk/ King Ecgbert School]
* [http://www.rowan.sheffield.sch.uk/ Rowan Primary Special School website]
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*[https://www.rowanschool.co.uk/ Rowan School]
* [https://www.sheffield.gov.uk/libraries/archives-and-local-studies/community-histories/dore Sources for the history of Dore] Produced by Sheffield City Council's Libraries and Archives
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[[Category:Sheffield]]
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==References==
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{{reflist}}

Latest revision as of 18:00, 23 June 2023

Dore
Derbyshire
Dore, Nr Sheffield - geograph.org.uk - 126008.jpg
Dore, Derbyshire
Location
Grid reference: SK311812
Location: 53°19’37"N, 1°32’25"W
Data
Population: 5,496
Post town: Sheffield
Postcode: S17
Dialling code: 0114
Local Government
Council: Sheffield
Parliamentary
constituency:
Sheffield Hallam

Dore is a large village in Derbyshire that forms a suburb of Sheffield in neighbouring Yorkshire. The village lies on a hill above the River Sheaf which gave Sheffield its name. Dore is served by Dore and Totley railway station on the Hope Valley Line between Sheffield and Manchester. The railway tunnel between Dore and Totley under a limb of the Pennines to Hathersage in Derbyshire is second only to the Severn Tunnel in length. They are the longest main line railway tunnels anywhere in Great Britain - the London Underground and Channel Tunnel to France excepted, of course.

Name

The name Dore is most likely to derive from one of two possible origins. It could be the same Old English root as door, signifying a 'gateway' or pass between two kingdoms.[1] Alternatively, it could be associated with the Old Welsh 'dwr' for ‘water’.[2]

A derivation from ‘water’ would refer to the streams that meet at Dore: the Limb Brook, River Sheaf, and Meers Brook marked the boundary between the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of Deira (later Northumbria) and Mercia.[3]

History

The "Dore Stone"

The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle contains the earliest written record of Dore, recording that in 827 (or more likely 829) King Egbert of Wessex led his army to the village to receive the submission of King Eanred of Northumbria, thereby establishing his overlordship over the whole of Anglo-Saxon Britain:

This year was the moon eclipsed, on mid-winter's mass-night; and King Egbert, in the course of the same year, conquered the Mercian kingdom, and all that is south of the Humber, being the eighth king who was sovereign of all the British dominions. Ælle, king of the South-Saxons, was the first who possessed so large a territory; the second was Ceawlin, king of the West-Saxons: the third was Ethelbert, King of Kent; the fourth was Rædwald, king of the East-Angles; the fifth was Edwin, king of the Northumbrians; the sixth was Oswald, who succeeded him; the seventh was Oswy, the brother of Oswald; the eighth was Egbert, king of the West-Saxons. This same Egbert led an army against the Northumbrians as far as Dore, where they met him, and offered terms of obedience and subjection, on the acceptance of which they returned home.[4]

A plaque commemorating the event was erected on the village green in 1968 by the Dore Village Society.

A paper mill was built on Avenue Farm in the 17th century, Joshua Tyzack converted the building into a scythe forge in 1839. In 1881 he built a large house next to the forge as a country retreat: his initials can be seen above the front door.

The Old School was built in 1821 on the site of a previous school, on the right hand side was the teacher's accommodation. When Dore's new school was opened, the Old School was restored and opened as a community centre.

Dore remained a small village, having a population of just 500 in the 19th century, until it was swallowed within Sheffield’s civic boundaries in 1934, after which its fields began to be built upon in earnest.

About the village

Christ Church, Dore

Christ Church, the Church of England parsh church, was built in 1828. Dore became a separate parish in 1844.[5] The church is a Grade II listed building.[6]

Brinkburn Grange

Brinkburn Grange entrance

Brinkburn Grange was built in 1883 by Thomas B. Matthews. The land was part of Bradway Mill and Matthews was director of Turton Brothers & Matthews, a Sheffield steel, file and spring makers. The mill dam was then used as an ornamental lake. The Grange was demolished in 1938.

Sheffield Clarion Club House

Dore Moor was the site chosen for the Sheffield Clarion Club House, often known as the Dore Moor Clarion Club House. This was an independent socialist social centre which continued operating until 1967, by which time the club house was more or less defunct.

Railway

The village is served by Dore and Totley railway station on the Hope Valley Line between Sheffield and Manchester Piccadilly, via New Mills Central.

The railway tunnel between Dore and Totley, under a limb of the Pennines to Grindleford in Derbyshire, is the longest main line railway tunnel in Britain after the Severn Tunnel.

Sport

  • Cricket: Abbeydale Park, a former county cricket ground for both Derbyshire and Yorkshire, lies just north of the village

Outside links

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References

  1. Vickers, J. Edward MBE (1999). Dore. In Old Sheffield Town. An Historical Miscellany (2nd ed.), pp64–71. Sheffield: The Hallamshire Press Limited. ISBN 1-874718-44-X
  2. Brelsford, V. (1953). A History of Dore and Totley, pp1-2.
  3. Addy, Sidney Oldall (1888). "The Geographical or Ethnological Position of Sheffield". A Glossary of Words Used in the Neighbourhood of Sheffield. Including a Selection of Local Names, and Some Notices of Folk-Lore, Games, and Customs. London: Trubner & Co. for the English Dialect Society. http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/A_glossary_of_words_used_in_the_neighbourhood_of_Sheffield/The_Geographical_or_Ethnological_Position_of_Sheffield. 
  4. Anglo-Saxon Chronicle  Laud Chronicle (827)
  5. "A Brief History of Dore". https://dorevillage.co.uk/pages/a-brief-history-of-dore. 
  6. National Heritage List 1247077: Christ Church (Grade II listing)