Goldthorpe

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Goldthorpe is a town in Barnsley

Other current and historical names

Goldetorp
Godetorp
Guldetorp
Dearne

Built-Up Area: Goldthorpe
Parish/Community: Barnsley, unparished area
Unitary Authority: Barnsley
Region: Yorkshire and The Humber

Category: Populated Place
Type: Town

Latitude/Longitude: 53°32'2"N 1°18'17"W
Eastings/Northings: 446180, 404372
OS Grid: SE461043
Mapcode Local: GBR MWBK.BW
Mapcode Global: WHDCZ.XFWM

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Goldthorpe within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Goldthorpe in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Goldthorpe, hamlet, Bolton on Dearne par., S. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, 6½ miles NE. of Rotherham.

Goldthorpe in the Domesday Book

A village in Strafforth hundred, in the county of Yorkshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Oswulf
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger of Bully
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger of Bully
- Taxable Value: 5 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1066; 16 shillings in 1086
- Households: 3 villagers
- Plough Teams: 3 men's ploughs (4 plough lands)
- Meadow: 7 acres
- Woodland: 6 furlongs
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Siward
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: King William
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: King William
- Taxable Value: 1 ¹⁄₄ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066

British Place Names

Goldthorpe, Barnsley

Goldthorpe is a town in Barnsley

Goldthorpe in historic gazetteers

Goldthorpe in the Domesday Book