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  Rotherham shown within South Yorkshire |
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| Population | 117,262(2001 Census) |
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| OS grid reference | |
| Metropolitan borough | Rotherham |
| Metropolitan county | South Yorkshire |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | ROTHERHAM |
| Postcode district | S60–S63, S65–S66 |
| Dialling code | 01709 |
| Police | South Yorkshire |
| Fire | South Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| European Parliament | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| List of places: UK • England • Yorkshire | |
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History
While there were Iron Age and Roman settlements in the area now covered by the town, Rotherham itself was not founded until the Early Middle Ages. This article is about the archaeological period known as the Iron Age for the mythological Iron Age see Ages of Man. Roman Britain refers to those parts of the island of Great Britain controlled by the Roman Empire between AD 43 and 410 It soon established itself as a key Saxon market town, lying, as it does, on a Roman road near a forded part of the Don. For their language see Anglo-Saxon language. Anglo-Saxon is the term usually used to describe the invading Tribes in the south A ford is a place in a Watercourse (most commonly a stream or River) that is shallow enough to be crossed by wading on Horseback or in a wheeled [2]
In the 1480s the Rotherham-born Archbishop of York, Thomas Rotherham, instigated the building of a college (The College of Jesus) to rival the colleges of Cambridge and Oxford. The Archbishop of York is a high-ranking cleric in the Church of England, second only to the Archbishop of Canterbury. Thomas Rotherham, also known as Thomas (Scot de Rotherham (24 August 1423 &ndash 29 May 1500 was an English Cleric and Statesman. College ( Latin collegium) is a term most often used today to denote an Educational Institution. The University of Cambridge (often Cambridge University) located in Cambridge, England, is the second-oldest university in the The University of Oxford (informally "Oxford University" or simply "Oxford" located in the city of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England is the This and the stylish new parish church of All Saints made Rotherham an enviable and modern town at the turn of the 16th century. But the college was dissolved under the reign of Edward VI, its assets stripped for the crown. Edward VI (12 October 1537 &ndash 6 July 1553 became King of England and Ireland on 28 January 1547 and was crowned on 20 February at the age of nine By the end of the 16th century, Rotherham had fallen from a fashionable college town to a notorious haven of gambling and vice. Nevertheless, the history of Thomas Rotherham and education in the town continues to be remembered in the name of Thomas Rotherham College.
Industry
The region had been exploited for iron since Roman times, but it was coal that first brought the industrial revolution to Rotherham. Iron (ˈаɪɚn is a Chemical element with the symbol Fe (ferrum and Atomic number 26 The Industrial Revolution was a period in the late 18th and early 19th centuries when major changes in agriculture manufacturing and transportation had a profound effect on the The seams were the driving force behind the improvements to navigation along the Don, the various cuttings eventually forming the Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation. The Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation (S&SY is a system of navigable inland waterways ( Canals and canalised rivers in South Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Rotherham
Iron and steel
Rotherham iron was very highly regarded for its strength. Iron, and later steel, became the principal industry in Rotherham, surviving well into the 20th century. Steel is an Alloy consisting mostly of Iron, with a Carbon content between 0 The Walker family built up something of an iron and steel empire in Rotherham. Throughout the 18th century, the Walker foundries produced high quality cannon including some manufactured for H.M.S. Victory, in addition to several early cast iron bridges, one of which was commissioned by Tom Paine. | NOTE Throughout this article "cannon" is used as BOTH the || singular and plural Construction In December 1758 the commissioner of Chatham Dockyard was instructed to prepare a Dry dock for the construction of a new First-rate Cast iron usually refers to grey cast iron, but identifies a large group of Ferrous Alloys which solidify with a Eutectic. A bridge is a Structure built to span a Gorge, Valley, Road, railroad track, River, Body of water Thomas Paine (January 29 1737 &ndash June 8 1809 was an English Pamphleteer, Revolutionary, radical, Inventor, and Intellectual [3]
The 1800s saw a massive expansion of Rotherham's cast iron industry, starting with the opening of the Effingham Ironworks in 1820, later becoming Yates Haywood & Co. Other major ironfounders included William Corbitt and Co. ; George Wright and Co. of Burton Weir; Owen and Co. , of Wheathill Foundry; Morgan Macauley and Waide, of the Baths Foundry; the Masbro’ Stove Grate Co. , belonging to Messrs. Perrot; W. H. Micklethwait, and John and Richard Corker, of the Ferham Works.
The Parkgate Ironworks was first established in 1823 by Sanderson and Watson, and changed ownership several times. In 1854 Samuel Beal & Co produced the cast iron armour plating for Isambard Kingdom Brunel's famous steamship the SS Great Eastern[1] In 1864 the ironworks was taken over by the Parkgate Iron Co. Isambard Kingdom Brunel, FRS (9 April 1806 &ndash 15 September 1859 (ˈɪzəmbɑrd ˈkɪŋdəm brʊˈnɛl was a British Engineer. History Concept After the Great Exhibition of 1851 which had publicized Australia's wealth and natural resources waves of people were eager to emigrate from Ltd, becoming the Park Gate Iron and Steel Company in 1888. The Park Gate Iron and Steel Company was situated in Parkgate on a triangular site bounded on two sides by the main Rotherham to Barnsley road (A633 and The company was purchased by Tube Investments Ltd in 1956 and finally closed in 1974.
Steel, Peech and Tozer's massive Templeborough steelworks (now the Magna Science Adventure Centre) was, at its peak, over a mile long, employing 10,000 workers, and housing six electric arc furnaces producing 1. Steel Peech and Tozer was a large steel maker with works situated at Ickles and Templeborough, in the Don Valley on the outskirts of Rotherham, South Templeborough ( is a suburb of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. Magna Science Adventure Centre is an educational visitor attraction primarily appealing to children An electric arc furnace (EAF is a Furnace that heats charged material by means of an Electric arc. 8 million tonnes of steel a year. The operation finally closed down in 1993.
Joseph Foljambe established a factory to produce his Rotherham plough, the first commercially successful iron plough. The plough ( American spelling plow; both plaʊ is a Tool used in Farming for initial cultivation of soil in preparation for sowing seed
Rotherham continues to be amongst the leaders in advanced manufacturing in the UK. Manufacturing (from Latin manu factura, "making by hand" is the use of tools and labor to make things for use or sale The Corus Engineering Steels (CES) plant in Rotherham produces steel for a number of products worldwide, including Renault Formula 1 cars and the new Airbus A380 "super jumbo" aeroplane. This is about the company for other uses see Renault (disambiguation. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout It currently produces approximately 1. 1 million tonnes of engineering steels each year. Steel is an Alloy consisting mostly of Iron, with a Carbon content between 0
Other industries
The first Rotherham glass works was set up in 1751, and went on to become Beatson Clark & Co. Glassblowing is a glassforming technique that involves inflating the molten glass into a bubble or parison with the aid of the blowpipe or blow tube one of the town's largest manufacturers, exporting glass medicine bottles worldwide. Beatson Clark & Co. was a family business until 1961, when it became a public company. A public company usually refers to a company that is permitted to offer its registered securities ( Stock, bonds, etc The glass works is still operating on the same site, although the family connection has ceased and the company is now owned by TT Group plc. Its main activities are still the manufacture and sale of glass containers for the pharmaceutical, food and drinks industries. Glass is common in everyday Life, from glass Windows to Glass containers The manufacture of Glass for everyday purposes may involve
In the 19th century other successful industries included pottery, brass making and the manufacture of cast iron fireplaces. Pottery is the Ceramic ware made by potters It also refers to a group of materials that includes Earthenware, Stoneware Brass is any Alloy of Copper and Zinc; the proportions of zinc and copper can be varied to create a range of brasses with varying properties
Other precision manufacturing companies in the town include; AESSEAL, Newburgh Engineering, Precision Magnetics and Orkot Composites. Rotherham is also the location for the Advanced Manufacturing Park (AMP). The Advanced Manufacturing Park (AMP is a manufacturing technology park on the Rotherham / Sheffield border at Waverley in South Yorkshire, facing the Sheffield
Buildings
Despite its history, Rotherham is rather short on old (secular) buildings. Secularity ( adjective form secular) is the state of being separate from Religion. The only surviving timber-framed structure is the empty, dilapidated, and much altered former Three Cranes pub (16th century). In fact much of Rotherham's town centre was knocked down and modernised during the course of the 20th century.
The town centre does, however, contain one of only four surviving bridge chapels in the country: the 15th century Chapel of Our Lady of Rotherham Bridge (or "Chapel on the Bridge") on Chantry Bridge. The chapel was restored in 1923, having spent a good period of time as the town jail and a tobacconist's shop. Jail, or gaol (especially in Canada, Australia and NZ[http //www A tobacconist is an expert dealer in tobacco and the related accoutrements
Other buildings of note include the 15th century Minster (formerly All Saints parish church), the 18th century Clifton House, which now houses Clifton Park Museum, and the remains of the 16th century College of Jesus. Clifton Park Museum is a medium-sized municipal Museum situated in Clifton House on the western edge of Clifton Park in Rotherham, South Yorkshire,
Boston Castle, which stands in the grounds of Boston Park, was originally constructed as a hunting lodge in 1776 by Thomas, 3rd Earl of Effingham to mark his opposition to British attempts to crush the American War Of Independence. Earl of Effingham, in the County of Surrey is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. In this article the inhabitants of the thirteen colonies that supported the American Revolution are primarily referred to as "Americans" with occasional references to "Patriots" It is named after Boston, Massachusetts, the scene of the Boston Tea Party. The Boston Tea Party was an act of Direct action protest by the American colonists against the British Government in which they destroyed many [4]
On the outskirts of Rotherham, a brick built glass making furnace, the Catcliffe Glass Cone, is the oldest surviving structure of its type in Western Europe and one of only four remaining in the United Kingdom. Catcliffe is a village on the north-west bank of the River Rother in South Yorkshire, England. Western Europe at its most general meaning means 'all the countries in the West of Europe ' Threatened with demolition in the 1960s, it has now been preserved as a Scheduled Ancient Monument and stands as a focal point in a sheltered housing complex
Beyond the town centre and away from the Don Valley, the Rotherham district is largely rural, containing a mixture of farming and mining communities as well as the large Wentworth Woodhouse estate, where the last surviving kiln of the Rockingham Pottery may still be seen. In the United Kingdom, a Scheduled Monument is a 'nationally important' Archaeological site or historic building given protection against unauthorised change Wentworth Woodhouse is a Grade I listed Country house near the village of Wentworth, in the vicinity of Rotherham, South Yorkshire Kilns are thermally insulated chambers or Ovens in which controlled temperature regimes are produced The Rockingham Pottery was a 19th century manufacturer of Porcelain of international repute supplying fine wares and ornamental pieces to royalty and the aristocracy in
At Maltby near Rotherham, the medieval ruins of the Cistercian Roche Abbey are a popular tourist destination. This article is about the town of Maltby South Yorkshire For other uses see Maltby. Roche Abbey is a now-ruined Abbey located near Maltby, South Yorkshire, England.
Town centre
While the developments of the "Rotherham Renaissance" (see below) are expected to attract major high street stores, the town already has well-known brands such as Primark, Woolworths, W H Smith, McDonalds, Burtons and Tesco. This article is about the retail chain for people of that name see William Henry Smith. Tesco plc is a British -based international grocery and general merchandising retail chain The town square (All Saints Square) uses a big screen to show major sports and cultural events.
For a large town, Rotherham has a small catchment area, lying close to Sheffield, Doncaster and Barnsley. Sheffield ( is a city and Metropolitan borough in South Yorkshire, England Doncaster is a large town in South Yorkshire, England and the principal settlement of the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster. Barnsley is a town in South Yorkshire, England. It lies on the River Dearne, north of the city of Sheffield, and west of Doncaster The large Meadowhall shopping centre is a couple of miles from the town centre, just over the border in Sheffield in the Lower Don Valley; the Valley Centertainment complex, which includes a cinema and other entertainment facilities, is also based there. The Lower Don Valley, or historically the East End of Sheffield, is the mainly industrial north-east quarter of Sheffield, England. Valley Centertainment is a large entertainment complex in the Don Valley in Sheffield and is next to nearby Rotherham. As a result, Rotherham town centre is smaller and less busy than the centres of many other towns its size. Just outside the centre is Parkgate Shopping Park, which has 34 shopping and food outlets and is one of England's busiest retail parks.
Rotherham renaissance
The town centre is currently undergoing an extensive urban regeneration project known as the "Rotherham Renaissance": the proposed buildings include apartments, retail units, outdoor cafés, and a new theatre. The Guest and Chrimes factory site will form a significant part of the project, incorporating residential space, commercial space and council offices. Forge Island (current Tesco site) is planned to form an anchor project containing a new Cultural Centre, retail & apartments. In June 2007 construction began on the new St. Anne's Leisure Complex and is currently well into construction with all the frame work up. A leisure centre in the UK and Canada is a purpose built building or site usually owned and operated by the Borough Councilor district In October 2007 plans were announced for a new rail station which is planned to open in 2010. The Renaissance will take up to 25 years to complete.
The project is well into work and is starting to show. As of March 2008 one of the main apartment shopping buildings on domine lane is well over half completed with the most of the structure up and making its mark on the skyline. The other building next to it started construction recently and the frame work is now appearing. The Imperial Buildings are well into its renovation. The Guest and Chrimes site is almost cleared, and the All Saints Building has been prepared for demolition. Demolition is the opposite of Construction: the tearing-down of Buildings and other Structures It contrasts with deconstruction
Culture
The comedian Sandy Powell was born in Rotherham and the town has produced several entertainers who started on the Working men's club scene, such as Duggie Brown, brother of Coronation Street actress Lynne Perrie, Zulu 440, Paul Shane, Christopher Wolstenholme of Muse and the Chuckle Brothers. Sandy Powell ( 30 January 1900 - 26 June 1982) was an English Comedian best known for his Radio work of the 1930s Working men's clubs are a type of private social club founded in the 19th century in industrial areas of Great Britain, particularly the North of England Duggie Brown (born Barry Dudley 7 August 1940 in Rotherham) is an English Comedian and Actor. Coronation Street (commonly known as 'Corrie' is an award-winning Soap opera created by Tony Warren Lynne Perrie ( 7 April, 1931 - 24 March, 2006) was an English actress. Paul Shane (born June 19 1940) is a British Actor, best known for his part in the sitcom, Hi-de-Hi!. Christopher Tony Wolstenholme (born 2 December 1978, in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England) better known as Chris Wolstenholme In Greek mythology, the Muses ( Ancient Greek, hai moũsai: perhaps from the Proto-Indo-European root * men- "think" are The Chuckle Brothers, Barry Elliot (born 24 December 1944) and Paul Elliot (born 18 October 1947) are British Comedians Dean Andrews, star of 'Life On Mars' lived in Rotherham and still visits the town on a regular basis. Arsenal and England goalkeeper David Seaman also originates from Rotherham. David Andrew Seaman MBE (born 19 September 1963 in Rotherham, South Yorkshire) is a former English football
Rotherham has many Classic and Progressive Rock bands, helped by the Classic Rock Society, and has spawned many bands, such as Deadline, Saxon, Jive Bunny, Bring Me the Horizon and This Girl. Classic Rock Society, also known as the CRS began life in 1991 originally as a society founded in Rotherham, England at the Florence Nightingale public house which Saxon are an English heavy metal band formed in 1977 in Barnsley, Yorkshire. Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers were an 80's novelty Pop music act who were the third band to have their first three releases go to number one on the UK singles Bring Me the Horizon (often abbreviated to BMTH) is a Deathcore band from Sheffield, Yorkshire. The poet and author A. R. Monday was born in Rotherham.
Professor John Lee, known for the television shows Anatomy for Beginners and Autopsy: Life and Death is a consultant histopathologist at Rotherham General Hospital. John Andre Lee is an English Consultant histopathologist at Rotherham General Hospital and clinical professor of pathology at Hull York Anatomy for Beginners is a television show created by Gunther von Hagens. Pathology (from Greek grc πάθος pathos, "fate harm" and grc -λογία -logia) is the study and
Since the late 1990s Rotherham has consolidated its reputation as a popular and exciting clubbing destination. The principal clubbing area runs from the "Synergy" nightclub on Ship Hill down to "Liquid".
Rotherham is home to the Snafu Rock bar, a prime location for the Rock and Metal Community within the area.
The town has a Civic Theatre and an Arts Centre. Rotherham Civic Theatre is a converted church in Rotherham, England]] which is now a medium-scale Proscenium arch theatre playing host to a wide programme of professional Sean Bean made his stage debut at Rotherham Civic Theatre whilst still a student at Rotherham College of Arts and Technology. Shaun Mark Bean (born 17 April 1959 is an English Film and stage Actor. Rotherham College of Arts and Technology is a further education college with two campus locations in South Yorkshire, one in Rotherham, and one in Dinnington
Jarvis Cocker and Pulp played their first gig at Rotherham Arts Centre in 1980. Jarvis Branson Cocker (born 19 September 1963 is an English musician best known for fronting the band Pulp. Pulp were an English Alternative rock band formed in Sheffield in 1978 by Jarvis Cocker ( vocals Guitar)
The Magi, an Indie Minimalist Punk band, were all brought up in and around Rotherham.
Rob McVeigh, a contestant on the BBC's 2007 show Any Dream Will Do, hails from Rotherham, as well as Richard Morgan who reached the finals of ITV s Grease is the word and can now be seen on the club circuit.
Rotherham is also the hometown of the Chuckle Brothers who are famous for the children's comedy programme 'Chuckle Vision' Which has aired for over 20 years on the BBC.
Sport
Rotherham is a football town and is home to Rotherham United F.C. who play in League Two. Rotherham United Football Club (also known as 'The Millers' are an English professional football club temporarily based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, Football League Two (often referred to as League Two for short or Coca-Cola Football League 2 for Sponsorship reasons is the third-highest division of Their home ground is now the Don Valley Stadium after a dispute with their landlords (the Booth Family) over perks the Booths were demanding be included in any deal to lease the ground, which include tickets to the FA Cup final, VIP access to home and away games and free use of the club physio up to three times a week, lead to the club announcing that they will no longer play at their historic home ground, Millmoor Stadium. The Don Valley Stadium is an athletics Stadium in Sheffield, England. Millmoor is a football Stadium in Rotherham, England. It was built and was used for football matches and until the end of the 2007&ndash08 [2] Rotherhams manager is Mark Robins.
The town also has a Rugby union team, the Rotherham Titans, who reached the Guiness Premiership in 1999 and 2003 before being relegated. Overview See also Playing rugby union A rugby union match lasts for 80 minutes (plus stoppage time with a short Rotherham Rugby Union Football Club, or Rotherham Titans are a Professional Rugby union Team from Rotherham, Yorkshire They play at the Clifton Lane Sports Ground. Hurdler Chris Rawlinson, Olympic silver medallist Peter Elliott and former England goalkeeper David Seaman are from Rotherham. For the Canadian Anglican priest see Peter Elliott. For the football coach see Pete Elliott. David Andrew Seaman MBE (born 19 September 1963 in Rotherham, South Yorkshire) is a former English football ChampCar and ex-Formula 1 driver Justin Wilson is from Woodall, which is in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham. Champ Car, was the name for a class and specification of cars used in American Championship Car Racing for many decades primarily for use in the Indianapolis Justin Wilson (born 31 July, 1978 in Sheffield) is a British racing driver from England who currently competes in the IndyCar [3] Speedway racing was staged in the town in the pioneer days of the late 1920s / early 1930s.
Freddie Truman, the late cricketer for Yorkshire and England hailed from Maltby, a mining town in Rotherham.
Politics
Denis MacShane is the current Member of Parliament for Rotherham. Denis MacShane (born 21 May 1948 is a politician in the United Kingdom. A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. Rotherham is a Parliamentary constituency covering the town of Rotherham in South Yorkshire. The politician William Hague is also from Rotherham. A politician (from Greek " Polis " is an individual who is involved in influencing public decision making through the influence of Politics or a person William Jefferson Hague (born 26 March 1961 is a British Politician.
June 2007 floods
A large part of Rotherham was hit by the floods in the summer of 2007. The 2007 United Kingdom floods were a series of destructive floods that occurred in various areas across the country during the summer of 2007 The floods brought huge disruption to the town, closing many of the roads, local schools, and the local transport system, as well as damaging personal and commercial property. Rotherham's neighbouring town and cities Barnsley, Doncaster, and Sheffield were also badly flooded. Barnsley is a town in South Yorkshire, England. It lies on the River Dearne, north of the city of Sheffield, and west of Doncaster Doncaster is a large town in South Yorkshire, England and the principal settlement of the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster. Sheffield ( is a city and Metropolitan borough in South Yorkshire, England Rotherham's Parkgate shopping centre was badly damaged, with most of the shops suffering damage, and some losing a large amount of stock to the flood water. The Meadowhall shopping centre on the border of Rotherham and Sheffield was also affected.
The nearby Ulley reservoir caused major concern for the town as the front centre section of the dam collapsed, threatening to break and release the water into nearby areas of Treeton, Whiston, Catcliffe, and Canklow, as well as a power station serving the city of Sheffield. Ulley Reservoir is a Reservoir located a few hundred metres to the west and downhill of the village of Ulley, south of Rotherham, South Yorkshire The local radio station, Rother FM, also had to evacuate from their studios based in the danger area leaving the local area without a source of information. Therefore, its sister station, Trax FM, was broadcast on the Rother FM frequency (96. Trax FM is an Independent Local Radio station that broadcasts Doncaster and Bassetlaw. 1fm) along with the usual Trax FM frequencies providing information for the Rotherham area as well as Bassetlaw (107. 9fm) and Doncaster (107. 1fm), the normal target areas. Rotherham's fire brigade worked for hours with thirteen high-powered pumps to remove some of the water and lessen the pressure on the dam wall. Eventually they were able to lower the water level by several feet and reduce the immediate danger. The dam, however, remains damaged, and even with more rainfall following in the following weeks the dam held, thanks to the efforts of the South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue service
Twin towns
Rotherham is twinned with, among others:
Rotherham has a partnership agreement with Riesa in Germany
Notable people from Rotherham
- Nazir Ahmed, politician
- David Artell, footballer
- Donald Bailey, civil engineer
- Nick Banks, musician
- Ian Breckin, footballer
- Chuckle Brothers, comedians
- Brian Chapple, radio broadcaster
- Frank Brown, footballer
- Jo Callis, musician
- Lucy Clarkson, model
- Ebenezer Elliott, poet
- Peter Elliott, athlete
- Scott Flinders, footballer
- Charles Sydney Gibbes, tutor and monk
- Dave Godin, anarchist and musicologist
- Justine Greening, politician
- Simon Guy, cricketer
- William Hague, former leader of the Conservative Party
- Matt Hamshaw, footballer
- Joe Hunter, cricketer
- Daisy Makeig-Jones, sculptor
- Laurie Millsom, footballer
- Lynne Perrie, actress
- Gervase Phinn, author
- Frederick Brian Pickering, metallurgist
- Sandy Powell, comedian
- Chris Rawlinson, athlete
- Frazer Richardson, footballer
- Jon Rosling, film director
- Archbishop Thomas Rotherham, cleric and minister
- Bishop Robert Sanderson, minister and logician
- David Seaman, former England national football team goalkeeper
- Paul Shane, comedian
- Raymond Unwin, town planner
- Colin Walker, footballer
- Michael Walsh, footballer
- Howard Webb, football referee
- Liz White (actress), actress
- Chris Wolstenholme, musician
- Stephen Brogan, footballer
- Ryan Sampson, Actor
References
External links
- Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council
- Rotherham Renaissance Website
- Know Rotherham local directory
- Rotherham Web community, genealogy and more
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