Cawthorne
Sign in to saveCawthorne is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England. The village was once a centre of the iron and coal mining industry; today it is part of an affluent commuter belt west of Barnsley. At the 2001 census it had a population of 1,108, increasing to 1,151 at the 2011 Census.
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Place details
- Locality
- Barnsley
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 893
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.static_image_name
- Cawthorne Village.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- The post office in Cawthorne
- UK place.official_name
- Cawthorne
- UK place.population
- 1,151
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011 census)
- UK place.metropolitan_borough
- Barnsley
- UK place.civil_parish
- Cawthorne
- UK place.region
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- UK place.metropolitan_county
- South Yorkshire
- UK place.post_town
- BARNSLEY
- UK place.postcode_district
- S75
- UK place.postcode_area
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- +1151
- Image
- Cawthorne Village.jpg
Show 2 more facts
- P7959
- Yorkshire
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Cawthorne is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England. The village was once a centre of the iron and coal mining industry; today it is part of an affluent commuter belt west of Barnsley. At the 2001 census it had a population of 1,108, increasing to 1,151 at the 2011 Census.
The name Cawthorne derives from the Old English caldþorn meaning 'cold thorn'.