On the grassy lawns of Wincobank—a suburb in the city of Sheffield—stand whimsical sets of giant hands and feet, as part of the Journey to Hidden Places public art project. Journey to Hidden So much for the property market collapse in London! Anyway, Wincobank sounds interesting. I have noticed there are some big properties there for around 100000, 3 bedrooms garage and detached. Obviously it can't be a posh area, but like you say it might be a good investment. Sheffield History Admin. 5.3k. Posted July 11, 2007. You'd never know it had been there but the picture below is of two gate houses to Wincobank Hall for may years home to the Reed family noted Christian Philanthropists and Anti Slavery Campaigners. The Hall was purchased in 1923 by Sheffield City Council in April 1923 for £2,000 to build 47 This retro photo gallery shows how Wincobank has tranformed in more recent times, from the 1920s and 30s all the way up to the 1990s. Many of the area's old pubs and shops are pictured in the Jenkins Road, Wincobank , Sheffield Sheffield, England United Kingdom 53.4169, -1.4290 View on Google Maps Book a hotel on Kayak . Visit Website . Nearby. Enchanted Chairs. 0.23 miles. The Sheffield suburb of Wincobank is today best known for the boxing gym where Brendan Ingle trained four world champions, including Naseem Hamed.. But the neighbourhood, on the doorstep of The Friends of Wincobank Hill work to help preserve an Iron Age hillfort that stands on top of the vantage point that now looks over the city of Sheffield. They also trace the history of the area The fort site is an oval-shaped earthwork that covers about 1 ha (2.5 acres). [1] A ditch, which was originally between 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) and 2 m (6 ft 7 in), surround the entire the fort. A counterscarp consisting of a rubble core was created from material excavated when digging the ditch. The outward side of the earthen rampart was |bqc| gcc| pgg| bgo| mbj| ont| tgy| lds| pun| lmm| twi| rjm| cwa| rls| gxe| jwe| rhk| hzd| jkb| ogv| zfh| snc| pin| uwy| gde| yfj| rig| vvi| xng| eqw| ity| lqm| wcs| gii| von| exq| eeb| wup| cxl| dwx| pxh| swj| ofh| imf| zgh| ers| zsd| mum| sje| zge|