Cudworth, South Yorkshire

Cudworth
Shops on Barnsley Road
Cudworth is located in South Yorkshire
Cudworth
Cudworth
Location within South Yorkshire
Population10,977 (Ward 2011)
OS grid referenceSE3809
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBARNSLEY
Postcode districtS72
Dialling code01226
PoliceSouth Yorkshire
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AmbulanceYorkshire
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53°34′42″N 1°24′54″W / 53.5784°N 1.4149°W / 53.5784; -1.4149

Cudworth (English: /ˈkʊdɜːrθ/ KUUD-urth) is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England. It had a population of 10,977 in the 2011 Census.[1]

The modern village is part of the Cudworth ward of Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council and has a mix of housing types with a great many developments from the inter-war and post-war periods. These supplement a small residual number of more ancient dwellings and buildings reflecting the importance of the rural economy before the opening of the deep mine collieries in the near vicinity at the end of the 19th and early 20th centuries.

The village is still surrounded by open space, including green belt, regenerated public open spaces that were formerly part of neighbouring collieries and the remaining agricultural land which still dominates the south and south-east sides of the village. Cudworth has two distinct historic centres known as Upper or Over Cudworth and Low or Nether Cudworth.

  1. ^ [1] Archived 30 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 29 June 2013