Owlthorpe Fields Conservation Group
History
How and Why the Owlthorpe Environmental Projects Began
Copyright © Roger Marsh (January 31, 2025)
The Owlthorpe Community Forum was constituted in 2008 to combat the antisocial behaviour taking place in the urban areas of Owlthorpe. The Forum spent 2008 in networking and fund raising.
In early 2009 discussions took place between Roger Marsh the then chair of the Owlthorpe Community Forum and Sally Pereira, Sheffield City Council’s Landscape Planning Officer regarding the derelict agricultural landscape of Owlthorpe. These discussions allowed the communities vision for the area to be formed into a practical plan.
The plan that was formulated was for Owlthorpe Community Forum to work with Sally Pereira, Sheffield City Council’s Landscape Planning Officer and Sheffield Countryside Conservation Trust to put the derelict agricultural landscape of Owlthorpe back into management to create a living landscape and in doing so preserve its remaining rural features for the benefit of its residents and local wildlife. Amongst the aims was the conserving of Owlthorpe’s ancient hedgerows and drystone walls.
Acknowledgement:
Most of the photographs in this history were taken by our good friend Peter Wolstenholme (deceased). The photographs were his copyright and before he died, he gave me several CDs of the photographs that he had taken of our Owlthorpe Projects and told me to use them as I saw fit. He was that kind of guy, a gentleman, generous with his time and ceaseless in his volunteer work helping with and photographing all kinds of projects in Southeast Sheffield. He is sadly missed.
Further historical stories
Please click on the links below to read further stories of the site
The history of dent main colliery:
A horrible murder took place on Owlthorpe Hill 1899:
A Victorian melodrama - a Zulu's activities in Hanging Lea Wood 1859/60: