Cawthorne
| Cawthorne | |
|---|---|
 The post office in Cawthorne | |
| Population | 400 |
| OS grid reference | SE284079 |
| Metropolitan borough | |
| Metropolitan county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BARNSLEY |
| Postcode district | S70-S75 |
| Dialling code | 01226 |
| Police | South Yorkshire |
| Fire | South Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| UK Parliament | |
Cawthorne is a village in the metropolitan borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England. The village was once the centre of a localised iron and coal mining industry, though today it is the centre of a very affluent commuter belt, west of Barnsley.
It has a choral society, a brass band, a village museum, a stately home (Cannon Hall), and a Young Farmers Club. The local charitable club Cawthorne wives (previously Cawthorne young wives) holds regular meetings and constantly raises money for local and national charities. The village pub, the Spencer Arms is so-called in recognition of the village's association with the Spencer-Stanhope family who once owned large swathes of the local area: Their family home was situated at Cannon Hall, the park of which borders the village. Cannon Hall is now a museum run by Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council.
There are many locations in the village that afford spectacular views of the surrounding countryside. A restaurant in the village, Beatson House, offers fine quality cuisine. Cawthorne is frequented by ramblers as many excellent walking routes start from the village.
The village is home to a museum which contains (amongst other things) a boot worn by a man struck by lightning, native American smoking devices and a twin headed cow. It was built to commemorate a visit by Queen Victoria.
All Saints church overlooks the village, and there is a Methodist church on Darton Road.
The population of Cawthorne is roughly 400; although recent property developments means this is steadily expanding.
Most of the upkeep of Cawthorne is carried out by local residents, who prefer to think of themselves not as members of the Barnsley borough; rather seeing themselves as a race apart, espousing eradication of the "untermenschen" that inhabit elsewhere.
Cawthorne is also the name of a farmstead in North Yorkshire at grid reference SE 775891, the start of the Roman Road Wade's Causeway.
References
- History of Cawthorne, by Charles Tiplady Pratt (1882)
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