Langsett
| Langsett | |
| Yorkshire West Riding | |
|---|---|
 View from Gilbert Hill | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SE213004 |
| Location: | 53°30’0"N, 1°40’48"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 222 (2011) |
| Post town: | Sheffield |
| Postcode: | S36 |
| Dialling code: | 01226 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Barnsley |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Penistone and Stocksbridge |
Langsett is a village near Penistone in West Riding of Yorkshire. It stands on the edge of the Peak District National Park. The 2011 census recorded a population of just 222.
In the Middle Ages, Langsett was known as Penisale. It held a royal charter entitling it to hold a weekly market on Tuesdays and an annual three-day fair, but these were held somewhere in the country rather than in the village itself. The market charter was later used to start a market in Penistone.[1]
A tradition associates the location of Penisale market with a cross near the junction of Cross Lane and Hartcliffe Road. This theory is rejected by Neville T. Sharpe, who holds that this was a wayside cross used as a guide by travellers.[2]
In chronostratigraphy, the British sub-stage of the Carboniferous period, the 'Langsettian' derives its name from a study of geological exposures in the banks of the Little Don River near Langsett.[3]
The Peak District Boundary Walk runs through the village.[4]
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References
- ↑ David Hey, Mediæval South Yorkshire
- ↑ Neville T. Sharpe, Crosses of the Peak District (Landmark Collectors Library, 2002)
- ↑ Cleal, C.J., Thomas, B.A., 1996 British Upper Carboniferous Stratigraphy Vol 11 of the Geological Conservation Review series
- ↑ McCloy, Andrew (2017). Peak District Boundary Walk: 190 Miles Around the Edge of the National Park. Friends of the Peak District. ISBN 978-1909461536.