Barnburgh

Village and civil parish in South Yorkshire, England

Village in England

Barnburgh

Metropolitan borough

Doncaster

Metropolitan county

South Yorkshire

Region

Yorkshire and the Humber

CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townDONCASTERPostcode districtDN5Dialling code01709PoliceSouth YorkshireFire South Yorkshire AmbulanceYorkshire UK Parliament

Doncaster North

List of places: UK; England; Yorkshire

53°31′N 1°16′W / 53.52°N 1.27°W / 53.52; -1.27

Barnburgh is a village and civil parish in the City of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England. The village is adjacent to the village of Harlington - the parish contains both villages, and according to the 2001 census it had a population of 1,979,^[1] reducing to 1,924 at the 2011 Census.^[2] The village is located 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Mexborough, 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Goldthorpe and 8 miles (13 km) west of Doncaster itself.

In the centre of the village is the parish church of St Peter, which is famous for the legend of the 'Cat and Man' and is mainly of Norman and Transitional architectural styles.

There was a coal mine situated half a mile west of the village called Barnburgh Main Colliery, which operated between 1911 and 1989.

References

^ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Doncaster Archived 13 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 26 August 2009
^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 6 March 2016.