Barnsley
Properties and events in Barnsley
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Barnsley Main Colliery Site Heritage Open Day
Barnsley Main Heritage Group volunteers will be on site with informative and interesting walks, talks and artefacts related to the site and local coal mining history. Visit our on-site pop-up-museum, read numerous information boards.
Barnsley Main Heritage Site
Barnsley Main Heritage Group volunteers will be on site with informative and interesting walks, talks and artefacts related to the site and local coal mining history. Visit our on-site pop-up-museum, read numerous information boards.
Bullhouse Chapel
This simple chapel that has met for independent Christian worship since 1692
Hemingfield Colliery Open Days, Exhibition and Tours
Visit this surviving Victorian colliery site. Sunk for Earl Fitzwilliam in the 1840s as Elsecar Low pit, working the Barnsley seam until 1920 when it was converted into a pumping station and survived the closure of the industry. Run by volunteers.
How to Build a Cemetery
How do you build a cemetery? We'll show you the step-by-step journey of how Wombwell Cemetery came to be, including the acquisition of the land, the construction of the gothic chapels, the patchwork of extensions, and the recent conservation efforts.
Hoylandswaine Nail Forge
Discover the history of nail making in Hoylandswaine at the last working nail forge and the only nail forge in Britain with its original hearth and chimney.
Newcastle upon Tyne - Quaker Meeting House
An opportunity to discover the Quaker Meeting House and its gardens in a different light. Refreshments, informal tours, talks and a display.
Only 1 of 3 built in the UK! St Michael And All Angels Church, Great Houghton!
Explore a GradeII Listed church building. St.Michaels is only 1 of 3 Churches built in the Cromwellian era, with Jacobean Style Shelving, Choir Stalls by Robert 'Mouseman' Thompson, Stain Glass Window by William Thomas Camm. Come see the architecture
Penistone Paramount
Penistone Paramount Open Day - Open Building and Backstage Tours - Learn about the history of this 110 year old community venue, and our plans for the future.
RSPB Old Moor, Dearne Valley Heritage Exhibition and Talk Series
Exhibitions and talks by RSPB Old Moor, Elsecar Heritage Centre, Doncaster Archives , Friends of Hemingfield Colliery and football historian Chris Brook. All talks are 'book in advance'. All events take place in the RSPB Old Moor Activity Centre.
St Leonard's Church Wortley
Explore the church and churchyard. The church dates from 1753 and contains monuments and memorials to the Wortley family (the Earls of Wharncliffe). The church tower will be open for guided tours to see the bells and a demonstration of bell ringing.
Worsbrough Local History Days
Two-day history event celebrating Worsbrough's wonderful architecture and the rich industrial and social heritage. There will be several exhibitions and family friendly activities as well as guided tours of the Mill building.