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4 unusual facts about Barnsley


Inga Brooksby

Inga Brooksby (born October 29, 1988) is an English actress from Barnsley, Yorkshire.

Jimmy Jewel

The son of a comedian and actor who also used the stage name Jimmy Jewel, the youngster made his stage debut in Robinson Crusoe in Barnsley, at the age of four, performed with his father from the age of 10 and subsequently became stage manager for the family show.

Leonard Knight Elmhirst

Leonard Elmhirst was born into a landed gentry family in Worsbrough (now part of Barnsley, Yorkshire), where the family seat is Houndhill.

Lily Jane Stead

Stead is a member of The LYTE's theatre company who perform at The Lamproom theatre in Barnsley.


1996–97 Barnsley F.C. season

In Barnsley's final home game of the season, a Yorkshire derby against Bradford City, the team knew a win would be enough to secure promotion to the top tier of English football for the first time in the club's history.

ABA Championships

The Championships have been held in London since 1881, apart from a brief spell at Belle Vue Manchester in 1944, Birmingham NEC for 1993–1995 and Barnsley for 1996–2002.

Aert van der Neer

In England paintings from his brush are to be found at the National Gallery and Wallace Collection, and, amongst others, in the collections of the Marquess of Bute and Colonel Holford, and several at Cannon Hall Museum, Park and Gardens (Barnsley, Yorkshire).

Albert Rawson

Albert Noble Rawson (October 1900 – 1949) was an English professional footballer born in West Melton, then in the West Riding of Yorkshire, who played in the Football League for Sheffield United, Birmingham and Barnsley.

Andrew Mangham

Mangham was born in Thurnscoe, a coal-mining village near Barnsley, South Yorkshire, and got his Bachelors Degree from the University of Huddersfield.

Barnsley Building Society

Barnsley today is part of the Yorkshire Building Society Group, which comprises; Yorkshire Building Society, Chelsea Building Society, Norwich and Peterborough Building Society, Accord Mortgages, and Egg Banking.

Barnsley Interchange

Work has since been completed on the link road known as Schwäbisch Gmünd Way (formerly Interchange Way, renamed in honour of Barnsley's twin town in Germany) to enable buses to enter or leave the Interchange quickly without having to use the busy level crossing at Jumble Lane.

Bolton upon Dearne

In the early 18th century Barnsley attorney William Henry Marsden Esquire of nearby Burntwood Hall bought the Lord of the Manor of Bolton on Dearne with Goldthorpe for £10,000 together with over 1,000 acres (4 km²) of land.

Bruce Canning Vernon-Wentworth

The eldest son of Thomas Frederick Charles Vernon Wentworth of Wentworth Castle near Barnsley, Yorkshire and Dall House, Rannoch, Perthshire and his wife Lady Harriet Augusta Canning de Burgh, daughter of the Marquess of Clanricarde and grand daughter of former prime minister George Canning.

Cannon Hall Farm

Cannon Hall Farm is a working farm and tourist attraction close to the village of Cawthorne, near Barnsley in the English county of South Yorkshire.

Chase Price

By his father's first marriage to Anne Barnsley of Knighton, only daughter and heiress of John Barnsley, he was the half-brother of John Price (died 1780), Barrister from The Lodge, Clerk of Chancery at Leominster, unmarried, and of Henry Price (1722–1795), married in 1770 to Elizabeth Foley, daughter of Captain Thomas Foley, and had female issue.

Ched Evans

After signing for Sheffield United, Evans moved to Millhouse Green, Penistone in the nearby Barnsley area.

Coleg Harlech

The other long-term, mature students colleges in the UK are Ruskin College at Oxford; Northern College at Barnsley; Hillcroft College in Surbiton; Fircroft College at Birmingham; and Newbattle Abbey College in Midlothian, Scotland.

Craig Hignett

His stay at Aberdeen was short lived, only lasting six months, before signing for Barnsley for £800,000 in 1999.

Darfield

Darfield, South Yorkshire, a village in the borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England

Dearne and Dove Canal

The idea of creating a navigable waterway from the River Don to Barnsley along the course of the River Dearne was first proposed in 1773 by the Marquess of Rockingham.

Dearne FM

The station was based at Zenith Park on Whaley Road, Barugh Green, in the north-west of Barnsley.

The station's strapline is "Hits and Memories across Barnsley, Penistone and the Dearne Valley" or simply "Hits and Memories".

Diego León

León put in a great performance to earn himself his first matchball as a Barnsley player, with a Man of the match award against Colchester United on 29 January 2008.

Dread Dragon Droom

Humberside was part of a consortium of LEAs (the others being Barnsley, Sheffield, Doncaster, Rotherham and, for a time, Wakefield) which established a regional support centre called RESOURCE, based in Doncaster.

FC Vujadin Boškov

Famous for its good football youth work, FK Vojvodina has developed renowned professional footballers such as Miloš Krasić, Gojko Kačar, Milan Stepanov, Srđan Bajčetić (retired), Dušan Tadić, Željko Brkić, Danijel Aleksić, Slobodan Medojević, Aleksandar Katai, Goran Šaula, former Barnsley player Jovo Bosančić, Damir Stojak among others.

Graham Ibbeson

He has created bronze sculptures in towns and cities across Britain including Leeds, Cardiff, Dover, Barnsley, Doncaster, Northampton, Chesterfield, Middlesbrough, Perth, Otley and Rugby.

John Fozard

This version of the Harrier had been given the definitive go-ahead (funding) on 15 May 1975 by Roy Mason, the Barnsley-born Defence Secretary, after being met with government indifference previously.

Joseph Walton

Sir Joseph Walton, 1st Baronet (1849–1923), Liberal Party MP for Barnsley, 1897–1922

Kallum Higginbotham

On 22 March, after being isolated by new Town boss Simon Grayson, Higginbotham went up a division to join Barnsley on loan for the remainder of the season.

Long Drax swing bridge

The Long Drax swing bridge (also known as the Hull and Barnsley railway Ouse swing bridge) was a swing bridge on the River Ouse near Barmby on the Marsh and Drax, built in the 1880s for the Hull and Barnsley Railway (HBR).

Mark Barnsley

Supporters claim Barnsley was just trying to defend his friend and child from a group of drunken students, and that his conviction was a result of political and class prejudice.

Mexborough railway station

The Barnsley to Doncaster local passenger services were withdrawn on 29 June 1959 and further changes in the area took place with the opening of Aldwarke Junction in 1966.

Milton Ironworks

Elsecar, near Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England was, until the 18th century, a mainly agricultural village on the estate of Earl Fitzwilliam.

Neil Redfearn

In the 1996–97 season, Redfearn scored 17 goals as Barnsley won promotion to the FA Premier League for the first time in the club's history.

Redfearn missed only one game, and was Barnsley's top scorer with ten league goals in the 1997–98 season.

Nick Daws

Having gained his UEFA A Licence and following 2 successful campaigns, Daws joined Barnsley in the same role, when Rotherham manager Mark Robins was appointed the same position at Oakwell.

Northern College

Northern College for Residential and Non-Residential Adult Education, residential adult education college situated near Barnsley, United Kingdom

Oakwell

Oakwell is a multi-purpose sports development in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England used primarily by Barnsley Football Club for playing their home fixtures, and those of their reserves.

With the completion of the East Stand, Barnsley FC became the first football club in Yorkshire to incorporate 'executive boxes' into their stadium.

Patric Standford

Patric John Standford was born in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, and had a Quaker education at Ackworth School in West Yorkshire.

Rotherham Interchange

Buses run from the bus station around Rotherham and as far afield as Doncaster, Worksop, Crystal Peaks, Sheffield, and Barnsley.

Sheffield and Hallamshire County Football Association

Today, the County FA is responsible for the administration, control, promotion and development of grass-roots football within Sheffield, Doncaster, Rotherham, Barnsley, Worksop and Huddersfield.

Sir Edward Wortley Montagu

Sir Edward had bought and rebuilt Wortley Hall, near Barnsley in South Yorkshire, which also passed to his daughter.

Townsville Kern United

Townsville Kern United also managed to attract several high profile players, such as Paul Wormley, who had previously played professional football in England for Barnsley.


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