Name | Ardsley (near Barnsley) |
Alt names | Ardsley | source: from redirect |
Type | Village, Civil parish, Urban district |
Coordinates | 53.55°N 1.417°W |
Located in | West Riding of Yorkshire, England ( - 1974) |
Also located in | South Yorkshire, England (1974 - ) | | Yorkshire, England |
See also | Darfield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England | ancient parish of which it was part | | Staincross Wapentake, West Riding of Yorkshire, England | wapentake in which it was located | | Barnsley, West Riding of Yorkshire, England | town of which it became a part in 1921 | | Barnsley (metropolitan borough), South Yorkshire, England | metropolitan borough of which it has been a part since 1974 |
- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
NOTE: This article is about Ardsley, a community now within Barnsley in South Yorkshire. There are two settlements named East Ardsley and West Ardsley within Leeds in West Yorkshire, England, which used to form an urban district named the Ardsley East and West Urban District. The two Ardsley areas are about 20 miles apart.
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- the text in this section is based on an article in Ardsley, South Yorkshire
Ardsley (near Barnsley) is a small village about 3 miles (4.8 km) east of Barnsley and forms part of the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley of South Yorkshire, England. Before 1974 it was part of the West Riding of Yorkshire.
Ardsley was originally a township in the ancient parish of Darfield in the Staincross Wapentake of the West Riding of Yorkshire. It became a civil parish in 1866 and was established as an urban district in 1894. In 1897 it was enlarged by the addition of the neighbouring Monk Bretton civil parish. In 1921 the urban district was abolished and the area was absorbed into Barnsley Municipal Borough, the forerunner of Barnsley Metropolitan Borough.
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Categories: West Riding of Yorkshire, England | Ardsley (near Barnsley), West Riding of Yorkshire, England | Darfield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England | Staincross Wapentake, West Riding of Yorkshire, England | Barnsley (metropolitan borough), South Yorkshire, England | South Yorkshire, England
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