Wombwell, Barnsley

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Wombwell is a town in Barnsley

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

Category: Populated Place
Type: Town

Latitude/Longitude: 53°31'19"N 1°23'51"W
Eastings/Northings: 440027, 402980
OS Grid: SE400029
Mapcode Local: GBR LWPQ.66
Mapcode Global: WHDCY.HQMV

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

Wombwell in historic gazetteers

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

Wombwell, town and township with ry. sta., Darfield par., S. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, 4½ miles SE. of Barnsley, 3851 ac., pop. 8451; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank. Wombwell is a local government dist., and has rapidly risen in importance from the opening of coal mines, clayworks, and brickyards. The church is an Early English building. There are many fine residences.

Wombwell in the Domesday Book

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

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thori son of Roald
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Walter of Aincourt
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Walter of Aincourt
- Taxable Value: 3 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; 10/7¼ in 1086
- Meadow: 4 acres
- Woodland: 5 ¹⁄₂ furlongs

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British Place Names

Wombwell, Barnsley

Wombwell is a town in Barnsley

Wombwell in historic gazetteers

Wombwell in the Domesday Book