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It is estimated that around 16% of the borough is classed as urban overall, with this area being home to the vast majority of its residents. Additionally, 68% of Barnsley's 32,863 hectares is green belt and 9% is national park land, the majority of which is west of the M1. In 2007, it was estimated that Barnsley had 224,600 residents, measured ...
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, 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 ...
It covered the former county borough of Barnsley plus parts of 13 other districts, which were all abolished at the same time. [7] [8] The enlarged Barnsley district was awarded borough status from its creation, allowing the chair of the council to take the title of mayor, continuing Barnsley's series of mayors dating back to 1869. [9]
Birdwell falls within the Rockingham Ward of the Barnsley Metropolitan Council. Neighbouring areas include Worsbrough Village , Tankersley and Hoyland Common . The A61 (Sheffield Road) passes north–south through the length of Birdwell, and at the southern end is Birdwell Roundabout which is the junction between the M1 motorway at Junction 36 ...
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.
Darfield is a village within the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England. It is historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire. The village is situated approximately 4 miles (6 km) east from Barnsley town centre. Darfield had a population of 8,066 at the 2001 UK Census, [1] increasing to 10,685 at the 2011 Census. [2]
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 ...