Carlton, Barnsley

Carlton
Yorkshire West Riding
The church of St John the Evangelist
Location
Grid reference:	SE365102
Location:	53°35’14"N, 1°26’57"W
Data
Post town:	Barnsley
Postcode:	S71
Dialling code:	01226
Local Government
Council:	Barnsley
Parliamentary constituency:	Barnsley Central

Carlton is a village in the West Riding of Yorkshire, sitting between the villages of Athersley and Royston.

This village was built up on coking and coal mining industries and now has one of the largest industrial estates within the surrounding area. In the industrial estate lies a glass recycling plant, called Rexam. To its east stands the Mr Kipling cake factory, owned by Premier Foods.

Carlton has two Church of England churches and once had a Methodist chapel, which is now private housing.

An ancient sacred spring or holy well existed near to the modern-day Carlton Road and became associated with St Helen in early Christian times. The name St Helen's was used for a 20th-century secondary school near to the site of the old well.

Society

• Carlton Village Residents
• Youth football: The Bridge Tigers

Outside links

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