Thurgoland
- Not to be confused with Thurstonland
| Thurgoland | |
| Yorkshire West Riding | |
|---|---|
 Boundary stone on the A629 | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SE290010 |
| Location: | 53°30’19"N, 1°33’49"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 1,969 (2011) |
| Post town: | Sheffield |
| Postcode: | S35 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Barnsley |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Penistone and Stocksbridge |
| Website: | www.thurgoland.org.uk |
Thurgoland is a village in the West Riding of Yorkshire, by on the A629 road, a mile and a half north of Stocksbridge, close by a bend in the River Don.
The 2011 census recorded a parish population of 1,969.
Buildings
The village has one primary school, and Holy Trinity Church, Thurgoland (Church of England), built in 1870. There are four public houses: The Monkey, The Horse & Jockey, The Green Dragon and The Bridge Inn. There are several listed buildings on Huthwaite Lane, including Huthwaite Hall (1748) designed by John Carr. There is a recreational ground at the centre of the village, by the village hall and the youth centre. Thurgoland Junior School is ranked second in the local league table.
History
The earliest known written record of Thurgoland is in the Domesday Book of 1086, in which it is referred to as Turgesland. The name is of Old Norse origin and may mean 'Thorgeirr’s cultivated land'.[1]
In the 1840s the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway was built running past the village. A station was opened at Thurgoland in December 1845, but closed 11 months later. The two-mile-long Thurgoland Coal Branch opened on 24 November 1847 to serve the nearby Stanhope Silkstone Main Colliery.[2]
Thurgoland was a centre for wire drawing mills. There were three wire mills in the parish: Old Wire Mill is thought to date from 1624, New Wire Mill was built around 1717, and Thurgoland Tilt Mill was operating in the 19th century.[3]
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Thurgoland) |
References
- ↑ Mills, Anthony David: 'A Dictionary of British Place-Names' (Oxford University Press, 2003) ISBN 978-0-19-852758-9, page Thurgoland
- ↑ Slaughter, Mihill (1849). Railway intelligence. London: W. H. Smith & Son. p. 31. https://books.google.com/books?id=TnkOAAAAQAAJ.
- ↑ "Historical Industries in the River Don Valley Surrounding Wortley Top Forge". Wortley Top Forge & Industrial Museum website. South Yorkshire Industrial History Society and South Yorkshire Trades Historical Trust. http://www.topforge.co.uk/Other%20Ind%20-%20Index.htm. Retrieved 17 January 2009.