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About Barnsley
Council: Barnsley Borough Council
Population: 218,000 Phone Code: 01226
Postcode Area: S70-S75 County: South Yorkshire
Twin Towns: Schwäbisch Gmünd - Germany, Horlivka - Ukraine
About Barnsley “Berneslai” is mentioned in the 1086 ‘audit’ The Domesday
Book, covering every town and city in Britain which was collated following
the Norman invasion twenty years earlier. The town was given to Norman
Ilbert de Lace, whose son Robert, founded the priory of St. John the
Evangelist in Pontefract and then in 1090, Henry the son of Robert, gave
Barnsley to the priory as part of his endowments.
Another local landowner, Adam Fitz Swain founded the priory of St. Mary
Magdalene at Lund or Bretton, afterwards known as Monk Bretton.
In 1249, Barnsley was granted a Charter to hold an annual fair and weekly
market.
Very early in its history, coal mining began in the area, being supplemented
by another important industry, glass blowing, early in the 17th. century.
In 1744, William Wilson introduced linen weaving, which became so popular
that by 1794, there were no fewer than 500 looms in the town.
An Act of Parliament of 1777 allowing several commons, moors and waste
ground to be enclosed and built upon, could be said to be the start of the
industrialisation of the area.
Between 1800, as an important place, with a population around 3,600, and
1861, Barnsley had become a town in its own right.
It now had its own water supplies, lighting, paving and cleansing
department, as well as street name-plates and house numbers.
In 1850, the first railway station was opened in Barnsley-- the
collaborators were George and Robert Stevenson and Joseph Locke -- a
Barnsley man.
A year later, Monk Bretton was acquired by Barnsley, the sale including
Fairfeld and May Day Green with all their rights, privileges, tolls and
market revenues.
The town's oldest link with the past is the square, embattled with pinnacled
tower of St. Mary, dating back to the 12th. century. However, many fittings
and relics are still well preserved in the present church.
The town was granted an Armorial Bearing in 1869 and its supporters in 1913.
In the same year, Barnsley was created a County Borough.
In the 1970s, a further restructuring led to the creation of Barnsley as a
Metropolitan Borough.
In 1984, the national Coal Strike marked the beginning of the end of
Barnsley’s coal mining heritage.
The bitter show-down between Arthur Scargill and Margaret Thatcher divided
communities, neighbourhoods, even families.
Today there are no coal mines left in Barnsley at all.
The town has begun an ambitious programme of redevelopment under the banner
‘Re-making Barnsley’, which over the coming decades will see the town centre
transformed into a thriving metropolis once again. Largely a dormitory town,
attracting commuters who work in Leeds and Sheffield, Barnsley is over 70%
rural, despite its industrial heritage, and as such has become a much sought
after place to set up home.
The town centre has been compared to a Tuscan hill village set proudly
overlooking the Dearne Valley.
It has an unrivalled reputation for night life, with people travelling from
far afield to sample the Barnsley hospitality. With over 600 shops and
businesses, the town also boasts internationally renowned design shops, such
as Pollyanna. With a couple of excellent restaurants, a good selection of
live music venues, theatre, art gallery and one of only three Design Centres
in the country, Barnsley has something for everyone.
Getting Here
Barnsley is located at the heart of England with excellent motorway links
from the M1, M62 and A1.
Barnsley Town Centre and it's surrounding areas have much to offer for both
business and recreational needs.
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