Hoyland
- Not to be confused with High Hoyland nor Hoylandswaine
| Hoyland | |
| Yorkshire West Riding | |
|---|---|
 Hoyland Road, Hoyland Common | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SE372003 |
| Location: | 53°29’55"N, 1°26’26"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 11,852 (2011) |
| Post town: | Barnsley |
| Postcode: | S74 |
| Dialling code: | 01226 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Barnsley |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Barnsley East |
Hoyland is a town in the West Riding of Yorkshire. It developed from the hamlets of Upper Hoyland, Hoyland and Hoyland Common.
The town has also been known as Nether Hoyland: that name was given to it to prevent confusion with High Hoyland, but has had little local usage.
The 2011 Census recorded a ward population of 11,852.
Churches
The Church of England parish church is St Peter's, built in 1830. It is in the Gothic Revival style and is built of sandstone and slate roofed. The church is a Grade II listed building.[1]
There is also a Roman Catholic church, Sacred Heart, built in 1929, of brick and tile construction in the Italian Romanesque style, with a square bell tower.
About the town
Near the town is an 18th-century folly called Lowe Stand, built as a lookout and hunting lodge shortly before his death by Thomas Watson-Wentworth, 1st Marquess of Rockingham, at the highest point in the area some 593 feet above sea level.[2] On the sloping ground below this folly is Upper Hoyland Hall, the former home of a notable family of yeoman farmers, the Townends, who owned extensive land in Hoyland.
The former Princess Theatre on West Street is a brick building dating from 1893.[3]
Among Hoyland's remaining notable older residences and former residences are Hoyland Hall, a late Georgian property, situated in a small park off Market Street and sometime home to William Vizard, first owner of Hoyland Silkstone Colliery, who was the attorney to Queen Caroline at her celebrated trial in the House of Lords. Also in or off Market Street are Kirk House, Kirk Cottage, Bark House, Thistle House and Riversdale. Netherfield House is situated near the town centre and Hoyland's oldest known surviving residence and at one time the home of a Townend, being in recent years used as a dentist's, is situated in West Street (formerly Finkle Street). Many of Hoyland's fine Georgian properties, consisting of cottages, shops and chapels were demolished in the 1960s and 1970s.
St Peter's C of E Parish Church
Sacred Heart & St Helen's Catholic Church
Former Wesleyan Chapel
Former Princess Theatre
Hare & Hounds
Prospect Tavern
Sport
- Athletics: Tony Fieldsend Rockingham Athletic Club.
- Football: Hoyland has had as many as five football teams compete in the FA Cup - Hoyland Town F.C., Hoyland Silkstone F.C., Hoyland Common Wesleyans F.C., Hoyland St. Peter's F.C. and Hoyland Common Athletic F.C.
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Hoyland) |
References
- ↑ National Heritage List @: Church of St Peter (Grade @ listing)British Listed Buildings Church of St Peter, Hoyland Retrieved 2 January 2017
- ↑ Yorkshire Post 10 August 2009 Retrieved 2 January 2017
- ↑ theatrestrust.org.uk Princess (Hoyland) Retrieved 2 January 2017
- Howse, Geoffrey:
- 'Around Hoyland' (Sutton Publishing, 1999) ISBN 0-7509-2268-0
- 'Around Hoyland A Second Selection' (2000) ISBN 0-7509-2726-7
- Around Hoyland People & Places' (Sutton Publishing, 2002) ISBN 0-7509-3148-5
- Ottley, Sheila Margaret: 'While Martha Told The Hours' (Bridge Publications, 1988)
- Clayton, Arthur K ,BEM: 'Hoyland Nether' (unpublished but available bound for reference purposes in local libraries)
