Hemingfield

Hemingfield
Hemingfield is located in South Yorkshire
Hemingfield
Hemingfield
Location within South Yorkshire
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBARNSLEY
Postcode districtS73
Dialling code01226
PoliceSouth Yorkshire
FireSouth Yorkshire
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UK
England
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53°30′58″N 1°24′00″W / 53.516°N 1.400°W / 53.516; -1.400

Hemingfield is a village in the metropolitan borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England.[1] The village falls within the Hoyland Milton Ward of Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council. The village has two pubs, The Albion and The Elephant & Castle, as well as a post office and The Ellis CofE Primary School. Notable organisations, past and present, include Hemingfield Action Group (HAG)[2] and Albion AFC.

In the Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870–72) John Marius Wilson described Hemingfield:

HEMINGFIELD, a village in Wombwell township, Darfield parish, W. R. Yorkshire; 4 miles SE of Barnesley. Pop., 346. It has a post office under Barnesley, and a charity school.[3]

  1. ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 110 Sheffield & Huddersfield (Glossop & Holmfirth) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2012. ISBN 9780319231876.
  2. ^ "Hemingfield Action Group - Charity/Voluntary, in Voluntary Action Barnsley". www.HemingfieldActionGroup676.VABarnsley.org.uk. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  3. ^ "A Vision of Britain Through Time: Hemingfield". www.VisionOfBritain.co.uk. GB Historical GIS/University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 18 March 2016.