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A map of South Yorkshire, showing the Metropolitan Boroughs: (1) Sheffield; (2) Rotherham; (3) Doncaster; and (4) Barnsley.. A civil parish is a country subdivision, forming the lowest unit of local government in England.
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]
Barnsley is located in the valley of the River Dearne at the eastern foothills of the Pennines, near the uplands of the Peak District to the west. Geologically, the town is located within the area of the South Yorkshire Coalfield , consisting of the middle coal measures and sandstones laid down in the Carboniferous period. [ 13 ]
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] It is now in the unparished area of Wath upon Dearne.
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.
Brampton Bierlow, near Barnsley, often known as Brampton, is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. It is situated on the south side of the Dearne Valley , between Barnsley and Rotherham .
This is a list of settlements in South Yorkshire by population based on the results of the 2011 census.The next United Kingdom census will take place in 2021.In 2011, there were 34 built-up area subdivisions with 5,000 or more inhabitants in South Yorkshire, shown in the table below.
Denby Dale Viaduct on the Penistone Line. The Dearne Valley (DURN) is an area of South Yorkshire, England, along the River Dearne.It encompasses the towns of Wombwell, Wath-upon-Dearne, Swinton, Conisbrough and Mexborough, the large villages of Ardsley, Bolton on Dearne, Goldthorpe, Thurnscoe, Darfield, Stairfoot and Brampton Bierlow, and many other smaller villages and hamlets.