Goldthorpe

Goldthorpe
Goldthorpe centre
Goldthorpe is located in South Yorkshire
Goldthorpe
Goldthorpe
Location within South Yorkshire
Population6,051 (2011 Census)[1]
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townROTHERHAM
Postcode districtS63
Dialling code01709
PoliceSouth Yorkshire
FireSouth Yorkshire
AmbulanceYorkshire
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Yorkshire
53°32′N 1°18′W / 53.53°N 1.30°W / 53.53; -1.30

Goldthorpe is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, in South Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire. It was anciently a small medieval farming village, Goldthorpe is recorded in the Domesday Book a part of the Manor of Bolton upon Dearne which was once owned by Roger de Busli. The village is in the Dearne North Ward of Barnsley MBC and had a population of 6,051 at the 2011 Census.

  1. ^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Goldthorpe Built-up area sub division (E35000438)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 6 April 2021.