Cawthorne

This article is about the village in South Yorkshire. For the Roman site in North Yorkshire, see Cawthorne Camp. For people named Cawthorne or Cawthorn, see Cawthorne (surname). For the defunct South Australian music business, see Cawthorne and Co.

Cawthorne
The post office in Cawthorne
Cawthorne is located in South Yorkshire
Cawthorne
Cawthorne
Location within South Yorkshire
Population1,151 (2011 census)[1]
OS grid referenceSE284079
• London150 miles (240 km)
Civil parish
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBARNSLEY
Postcode districtS75
Dialling code01226
PoliceSouth Yorkshire
FireSouth Yorkshire
AmbulanceYorkshire
UK Parliament
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UK
England
Yorkshire
53°34′03″N 1°34′19″W / 53.5674°N 1.5719°W / 53.5674; -1.5719

Cawthorne is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England. The village was once a centre of the iron and coal mining industry; today it is part of an affluent commuter belt west of Barnsley. At the 2001 census it had a population of 1,108,[3] increasing to 1,151 at the 2011 Census.[1]

The village pub, the Spencer Arms, is named after the Spencer-Stanhope family, who once owned large swathes of the local area. Their home was Cannon Hall, the park of which borders the village.[4]

Two earlier residences in Cawthorne were Barnby Hall, home of the Barnby family, and Banks Hall, the seat of the Misses Spencer-Stanhope and of a branch of the Greene family.[5]

Cawthorne is frequented by ramblers as many walking routes start from the village.[6]

The Victoria Jubilee Museum, built to commemorate Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee, was opened in 1889 and contains numerous unusual exhibits including a stuffed cheetah and a two-headed lamb.[7]

All Saints' Church overlooks the village, and there is a Methodist church on Darton Road. All Saints contains memorials to the Barnby and Spencer families.[8][9]

In the heart of the village stands Malt Kiln Row, originally the malt kiln for Cannon Hall.[10]

Kate Rusby, English folk singer-songwriter, lives in the village with her husband and two children.

  1. ^ a b UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Cawthorne Parish (1170210855)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  2. ^ "Cawthorne Parish Council Website". Cawthorne Parish Council. 19 August 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  3. ^ UK Census (2001). "Local Area Report – Cawthorne Parish (1543503911)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  4. ^ "This Week on the Farm". Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  5. ^ History of Cawthorne/Barnby Hall, Banks Hall, Manor House & c., Wikisource
  6. ^ "Cawthorne Walk". Walks in Yorkshire. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  7. ^ "Cawthorne and Cannon Hall Estate is a treasure trove of history". Yorkshire Life. 30 January 2015. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  8. ^ "Barnby Hall, Cawthorne, Yorkshire, Barnby.info". Archived from the original on 14 July 2007. Retrieved 9 March 2009.
  9. ^ History of Cawthorne, Parish Church, wikisource
  10. ^ "A Brief History - Cawthorne Parish Council". www.cawthorne.org.uk. Retrieved 26 April 2021.