Penstone Barnsley is a village in South Yorkshire, England. It lies on the River Dearne, 11.8 miles (19 km) north of the town of Sheffield, 17 miles (27 km) south of Leeds and 14.5 miles (23 km) west of Doncaster. Barnsley is enclosed by some lesser towns which simultaneously pattern the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, of which Barnsley is the biggest and the administrative centre. The metropolitan borough had a community of 218,063 at the 2001 UK Census; Barnsley Urban Area had a community of 71,599.
Historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, Barnsley is prominent as a previous developed village middled on coal excavation and glassmaking whereas in the village a couple of manufacturers stay especially the glassworks and coking plant. Though this commerce demised in the 20th 100 years, Barnsley's localized heritage continues fixed in this developed heritage; Barnsley has a custom of brass musicians, initially conceived as communal associations for its excavation communities.
In latest years, Barnsley has been mentioned to as the "Tarn" by numerous of its residents. Barnsley is furthermore renowned for its localized agree to as the movie Kes is utilised in British schools to show customary dialects. It is between junctions 36 and 38 of the M1 motorway and has a trains position assisted by the Hallam and Penistone Lines. Barnsley F.C. is the localized football club.
The first chronicled quotation in penstone Barnsley happens in 1086 in the Domesday Book, in which it is called 'Berneslai' with a total community of round 200. The accurate sources of the title Barnsley is still subject to argument, but Barnsley Council assertions that its sources lie in the Saxon phrase Berne, for barn or storehouse, and Lay, for field.
The village lay in the parish of Silkstone and evolved little until in the 1150s it was granted to the monastery of St John, Pontefract. The monks determined to construct a new village where three streets met: the Sheffield to Wakefield, Rotherham to Huddersfield and Cheshire to Doncaster routes. The Domesday town became renowned as "Old Barnsley", and a village increased up on the new site.
The monks erected a chapel-of-ease dedicated to Saint Mary, which endured intact until 1820 [citation needed], and established a market. In 1249, a Royal Charter was conceded [citation needed] to Barnsley allowing it to contain a every week market on Wednesdays and ...