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Wath upon Dearne (shortened to Wath / ˈ w ɒ θ / or often hyphenated) is a town south of the River Dearne in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England, 5 miles (8 km) north of Rotherham and almost midway between Barnsley and Doncaster. It had a population of 11,816 at the 2011 census. [2]
On 31 December 1894 West Melton became a civil parish, formed from Brampton Bierlow, on 1 April 1923 the parish was abolished and merged with Wath upon Dearne. [2] In 1921 the parish had a population of 4745. [3]
Wath railway station was one of three railway stations in Wath-upon-Dearne, South Yorkshire, England. It was the southern terminus of The Hull & South Yorkshire Extension Railway which became part of the Hull and Barnsley Railway in 1898 and was the southern terminus of a branch line from Wrangbrook Junction . [ 1 ]
The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, as a merger of the County Borough of Rotherham, with Maltby, Rawmarsh, Swinton and Wath-upon-Dearne urban districts along with Rotherham Rural District and Kiveton Park Rural District.
The Hull Barnsley & West Riding Junction Railway and Dock Company (HB&WRJR&DCo.) was opened on 20 July 1885. It had a total projected length of 66 miles (106 kilometres) but never reached Barnsley, stopping a few miles short at Stairfoot. The name was changed to The Hull and Barnsley Railway (H&BR) in 1905.
Wath railway station may refer to a number of railway stations in Yorkshire, England: serving Wath-upon-Dearne, now in South Yorkshire. Wath (Hull and Barnsley) railway station, open from 1902 to 1929; Wath Central railway station, closed in 1959; Wath North railway station, opened as Wath railway station in 1841, closed in 1968
This section is known as the Wath Link, Dearne Valley Coalfields Link Road or Barnsley Coalfields Link Road. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] At Dearne Ings, the Broomhill Roundabout meets the A633 (to the south-east and eventually to the site of the former Manvers Main Colliery , and Dearne Valley College on the A6023 ), with access to Broomhill to the north.
Great Houghton is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England), on the border with West Yorkshire.It lies to the west of Thurnscoe, on the B6411 road, and is located at approximately 53° 33' 20" north, 1° 21' west, at an elevation of around 60 m above sea level.