Places
36 places found.
Those places high-lighted have photos. All locations may have maps, books and memories.
- Barnsley, Yorkshire
- Royston, Yorkshire
- Bolton Upon Dearne, Yorkshire
- Goldthorpe, Yorkshire
- Penistone, Yorkshire
- Thurnscoe, Yorkshire
- Worsbrough, Yorkshire
- Cawthorne, Yorkshire (near Barnsley)
- Elsecar, Yorkshire
- Hoyland, Yorkshire
- Wombwell, Yorkshire
- Cudworth, Yorkshire
- Thurgoland, Yorkshire
- Great Houghton, Yorkshire
- Darton, Yorkshire
- Wortley, Yorkshire (near Stocksbridge)
- Silkstone, Yorkshire
- Staincross, Yorkshire
- Barnsley, Shropshire
- Langsett, Yorkshire
- Kexbrough, Yorkshire
- Barnsley, Gloucestershire
- Mapplewell, Yorkshire
- Thurlstone, Yorkshire
- Haigh, Yorkshire
- Broomhill, Yorkshire
- Pilley, Yorkshire
- Brierley, Yorkshire
- Cudworth Common, Yorkshire (near Barnsley)
- Higham, Yorkshire
- Kingstone, Yorkshire
- Milton, Yorkshire
- Bromley, Yorkshire
- Victoria, Yorkshire
- Blacker Hill, Yorkshire (near Barnsley)
- Low Laithes, Yorkshire (near Barnsley)
Photos
48 photos found. Showing results 1 to 20.
Maps
642 maps found.
Books
Sorry, no books were found that related to your search.
Memories
45 memories found. Showing results 1 to 10.
Middleton Family
Hi - My family history research finds that my mother Isobella Stephenson was born in Houghton in 1917. Her family may have been in the pub buisness, but her father Harry John Middleton worked for the railways. They eventually ...Read more
A memory of Houghton in 1910 by
Play Area Elsecar Park
Love this photo, when I started work at Barnsley Parks Depot in 1987 this slide was still in the park... biggest one I've ever seen and still much loved at the time... alas it was removed shortly after, but its still a fab play area to visit with the kiddies...
A memory of Hoyland by
Bower Yard
We have many happy memories of the Bower Yard in 1962. We moved into our first marital cottage at 75 on the day we got married. The cottage was mid terrace overlooking the river and the wharfage on the opposite side. We paid the ...Read more
A memory of Ironbridge in 1962 by
Whit Lane
My parents owned a fish and chip shop just off Whit Lane at No1 Kent Street. The shop was damaged during the blitz, Dec 1940. Dad was away in the RAF, we were under the stairs sheltering when the bomb hit us. We were very lucky and just ...Read more
A memory of Salford in 1930 by
Childhood Memories.
I was born at 50 Nancy Road, Grimethorpe on the 12 December 1944. At this time this address was the White City police house and had the West Riding police crest attached to the front of the house. My dad, Robert Cox, had come down ...Read more
A memory of Cudworth in 1944 by
The Cedars Childrens Home Barnsley Rd Hemsworth
I resided as a child at The Cedars for 14 years. I would like to know the history together with details of other children that were there from 1953 to 1964.
A memory of Hemsworth in 1955 by
Cooper Royal Brass Band Barnsley
My wife's grandfather was Herbert Goodwin Cooper (1880 - 1937) who was a professional cornet player and a member of the Cooper Royal Barnsley Brass Band. I think that the band was active from about 1890 to about 1940. Does anyone have any information about the band, please?
A memory of Barnsley in 1900 by
Waiting For The Bus
To the right of this picture, on the High Street was the town hall. For seven years I waited there every morning for the Jump Circular bus, or if I missed it the Rotherham bus to take me into Barnsley where I was at the then ...Read more
A memory of Hoyland in 1961 by
The Wire Trellis
I was something of a naughty boy back in those years: there were four of us young lads who were to bus it to Barnsley from Royston where we were barely old enough to go sampling Barnsley Bitter. If we were sixteen let alone eighteen ...Read more
A memory of Barnsley in 1965 by
My Sweetheart Days
Actually it was not Stairfoot but Lundwood. I met a young girl at the Barnsley fairground and it may have been love at first sight and we were to be married at the Barnsley Town Hall but after a few years of us being married ...Read more
A memory of Stairfoot in 1975 by
Captions
25 captions found. Showing results 1 to 24.
Barnsley was founded by the monks of St John's Priory, Pontefract, after they had been granted the manor and rights to hold weekly markets and annual fairs.
However, there was strong opposition to the proposal from both Barnsley and Huddersfield.
However, there was strong opposition to the proposal from both Barnsley and Huddersfield.
In an earlier age Barnsley was served by stagecoach services to and from London, Leeds, Sheffield and Doncaster.
Barnsley was founded by the monks of St John's Priory, Pontefract, after they had been granted the manor and rights to hold weekly markets and annual fairs.
The discovery of the Barnsley Main coal seam totally transformed the town from relying on agriculture to mining the new gold, coal.
In an earlier age Barnsley was served by stagecoach services to and from London, Leeds, Sheffield and Doncaster.
Skelmanthorpe, between Holmfirth and Barnsley, is a village of Scandinavian descent, as witnessed by its name, which means 'Skelmer's village in a valley'.
But not many were as grand as this one at Goldthorpe, near Barnsley, built in 1923 with Tuscan-ordered entrance columns and elegant, classical proportions.
Royston is another former colliery town north of Barnsley.
This aerial view of the South Yorkshire town of Barnsley centres on the imposing white stone Town Hall with its monolithic central clock tower.
This was the scene in the central shopping and entertainment centre of Barnsley until the late 1960s; then, in the name of modernisation, the whole area including New Street and Cheapside
Hoyland, properly Hoyland Nether, is a large former coal mining village between Sheffield and Barnsley.
Since 1924, Froxfield has been home to the Edward Barnsley workshop; it makes superb furniture, and has its roots in the Arts and Crafts movement.
This small village, 3 miles north of Barnsley, is in the heart of the coal mining country.
At Hatfield it took five years to reach the Barnsley bed at 852 yards below the surface.
Cawthorne is a village on the edge of the Pennines west of Barnsley on the Holmfirth road in the valley of the River Dearne.
The Barnsley Brewery is once again thriving, thanks to the resurgence of real ale, but the Cross Keys is now a John Smith's pub.
At Hatfield it took five years to reach the Barnsley bed at 852 yards below the surface.
The Barnsley Brewery is once again thriving, thanks to the resurgence of real ale, but the Cross Keys is now a John Smith's pub.
Sold to Barnsley Council in 1953, it is now a wonderful assemblage of formal gardens, a farm, a museum and an ornamental lake.
This private estate was developed in 1833 by the Wakefield solicitor and Clerk of Barnsley Canal Company Thomas Foljambe (1775-1851), part of a larger scheme to build a number of grand
The village was a part of the vast Barnsley coalfield, and in the churchyard is a monument to one of the saddest days in mining history.
Elsecar is situated 3 miles south of Barnsley.
Places (140)
Photos (48)
Memories (45)
Books (0)
Maps (642)
