Gunthwaite is a hamlet in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England. It is in the civil parish of Gunthwaite and Ingbirchworth and is on the boundary of Kirklees in West Yorkshire. At the 2001 Census, the parish had a population of 400,[1] increasing to 460 at the 2011 Census,[2] and now estimated to be around 600.[3]
The settlement can be traced back over 1,000 years.
Within the parish is located Gunthwaite Hall, former seat of the Bosville family. Its 16th century Grade I listed close-studded cruck barn is still in agricultural use and has been described as "one of the glories of the parish."[4] Also to be found nearby is Gunthwaite Spa, a sulphur-rich spring whose waters emerge from a pipe set in a stone recess by the side of Carr Lane. Here, the old practice of celebrating Spaw Sunday still survives to this day.
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References edit
- ^ UK Census (2001). "Local Area Report – Gunthwaite and Ingbirchworth Parish (00CC006)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
- ^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Gunthwaite and Ingbirchworth Parish (1170210858)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
- ^ "Gunthwaite and Ingbirchworth Parish Council". Retrieved 28 April 2022.
- ^ Hey, David. A History of Penistone and District. Pen & Sword, 2002, p. 57.
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