Wombwell
| Wombwell | |
| Yorkshire West Riding | |
|---|---|
 High Street, Wombwell | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SE399028 |
| Location: | 53°30’58"N, 1°24’-0"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 15,316 (2011)) |
| Post town: | Barnsley |
| Postcode: | S73 |
| Dialling code: | 01226 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Barnsley |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Barnsley East |
Wombwell is a town in the West Riding of Yorkshire. The town was once home to two collieries: Wombwell Main and Mitchells Main.
The name of the town may have originally been "Womba's Well", meaning "well in a hollow".
The town has a railway station (Wombwell Station; formerly Wombwell West) serves the Penistone and Hallam lines. Until 1959 the town had another station, Wombwell Central, on the Barnsley–Doncaster line; this was closed when the line lost its passenger service.
Wombwell is close to the large shopping and leisure facilities of Cortonwood, and also has a number of local business, from cafés to travel agents to high-street chains.
Churches
The parish church, St Mary's, located on Church Street, is a Grade II listed building.[1][2]
The parish also contains other churches:
- Church of England
- St Mary's
- St George
- Methodist
- Pentecostal: Wombwell Pentecostal Church
- Roman Catholic: St Michael and All Angels
- Salvation Army
Floods
Parts of Wombwell were affected by the 2007 floods. The River Dove breached its banks on Friday 15 June and then again on Monday 25 June. Many homes and businesses were flooded.[3]
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Wombwell) |
References
- ↑ National Heritage List 1191688: Church of St Mary – Wombwell (Grade II listing)
- ↑ You, A Church Near. "St Mary, Wombwell". achurchnearyou.com. https://www.achurchnearyou.com/wombwell-st-mary/.
- ↑ "Barnsley reflects: 10 years since the floods". https://www.barnsley.gov.uk/news/barnsley-reflects-10-years-since-the-floods/.