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Barnsley was the site of a human crush that resulted in the deaths of 16 children in 1908, at a public hall now known as The Civic, when children were rushing to watch a film in the building. [citation needed] Barnsley has a long tradition of glass-making, [8] however Barnsley is most famous for its
The county borough of Barnsley had been self-governing, whereas the other 13 districts were all lower-tier authorities where county-level services were provided by West Riding County Council. From its creation in 1974 until 1986, the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley was a district-level authority, with county-level services provided by South ...
Since 1986 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council has therefore been responsible for most local government functions. [ 10 ] Since 2014 the council has been a constituent member of the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (called the Sheffield City Region until 2021), led by the directly-elected Mayor of South Yorkshire since 2018.
The County Borough of Barnsley, and its predecessor, the Municipal Borough of Barnsley, was a local government district in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England, from 1869 to 1974. [1] Barnsley became a municipal borough in 1869, and a county borough in 1913, making it administratively independent of the West Riding County Council. The borough ...
Little Houghton is a hamlet and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England. At the 2001 census it had a population of 618, [1] increasing to 659 at the 2011 Census. [2] Access to the hamlet of Little Houghton is gained by travelling along Middlecliff Lane through the village of Middlecliffe.
Barnsley Central was a constituency [n 1] in South Yorkshire represented in the House of Commons from 1983 until 2024. [ n 2 ] This constituency covered parts of the town of Barnsley . Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies , the seat was replaced (including moderate boundary changes) by Barnsley ...
Brierley (/ ˈ b r aɪ. ər l i /) is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England.The settlement is tightly clustered and green buffered on a modest escarpment close to the border with West Yorkshire, it is almost wholly in population south of the A628 road, and is less than 2 miles (3 km) to the south west of Hemsworth.
Barnsley is a village and civil parish in the Cotswold district of Gloucestershire, England, 3.7 miles (6.0 km) northeast of Cirencester. It is 125 kilometres (78 mi) (geodesically) west of London .