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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | SHEFFIELD |
| Postcode district | S36 |
| Dialling code | 0114 |
| Police | South Yorkshire |
| Fire | South Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| EU Parliament | Yorkshire and the Humber |
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Midhopestones (archaic Nether Midhope, also Middup, or Middop) is a village in the civil parish of Bradfield within the electoral ward in the borough of the City of Sheffield, England.
Together with the nearby hamlet of Upper Midhope the two habitations have been collectively known as Midhope.
Midhopestones is a village located 10.9 miles (17.5 km) from Sheffield city centre, near the northwestern edge of the city boundary. The village is located in the valley of the Little Don River, south of the A616, and the river, between Underbank Reservoir and Midhope Reservoir.
The village and near environs contains many historic and listed structures, many dating from the 17th or 18th centuries, typically gritstone built structures, including: Stonecroft cottage; a house and a barn with forge on Miller Lane; houses on Mortimer Road including the Club Inn (since 2002 Ye Olde Mustard Pot), and 'New House'; and houses on Oaks Lane including 'The Oaks', and a cowhouse.
Some structures date to earlier periods including a cowhouse at Midhope Hall Farm, which dates to the 14th century, and includes part of a medieval courthouse in its structure; the present village church of St. James is dated to a 1705 rebuild, the original structure originates from some time in the 14th century.
Also in the near area is the Midhopestones Bridge over the Little Don, circa 1788; a toll bar house from the late 18th century, north of the village and river, and an early 19th-century former inn, both on the former Manchester Road (A616);
The name midhope is thought to derive from the Old English words mid (middle) and hop (enclosed or dry place), the suffix 'stones' is thought to refer to stepping stones in the river (now beneath Underbank reservoir), and is not recorded in use before the late 17th century, before the 17th century the village was known as Nether Midhope.
The earliest written record of the place dates to 1227, the village is thought to have had its own manor and lord from the 12th century onwards. The manorial complex had its own chapel dedicated to St. James, in 1368 this was converted to a granary, and a replace ment church built. There is documentary evidence from the 19th century of related cruck buildings and a mill.
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