County Borough of Barnsley

Administrative division of Yorkshire, England until 1974

County Borough of Barnsley

Barnsley Town Hall
Area|
• 1911| 2,385 acres (965 ha)
• 1931| 6,036 acres (2,443 ha)
• 1961| 7,817 acres (3,163 ha)
Population|
• 1911| 50,614
• 1931| 71,522
• 1961| 74,704
Density|
• 1911| 21/acre
• 1931| 12/acre
• 1961| 10/acre
History|
• Created| 1869
• Abolished| 1974
• Succeeded by| Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley
Status| Municipal borough (1869–1913)
County borough (1913–1974)
• HQ| Barnsley
Map of boundary as of 1971

The County Borough of Barnsley, and its predecessor, the Municipal Borough of Barnsley, was a local government district in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England, from 1869 to 1974.[1]

Barnsley became a municipal borough in 1869, and a county borough in 1913, making it administratively independent of the West Riding County Council. The borough's boundaries were extended to absorb Ardsley and Monk Bretton in 1921 and Carlton in 1938.

Barnsley Town Hall was opened on 14 December 1933 as the seat of local government. The Classical Portland stone building was designed by Sir Arnold Thornely and is Grade II listed.

The borough was abolished under the Local Government Act 1972, and created the centre of the new Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley by a merger with Cudworth, Darfield, Darton, Dearne, Dodworth, Hoyland Nether, Penistone, Royston, Wombwell and Worsborough urban districts, along with Penistone Rural District, part of Hemsworth Rural District and part of Wortley Rural District, all in the West Riding of Yorkshire.

The surrounding pre-1974 districts which now make up South Yorkshire

## References

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1. ^ Great Britain Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Barnsley MB/CB. Retrieved 13 January 2023.

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Administrative county of the West Riding of Yorkshire (1888–1974)

West Riding County Council

County boroughs|

* Barnsley
* Bradford
* Dewsbury
* Doncaster
* Halifax
* Huddersfield
* Leeds
* Rotherham
* Sheffield
* Wakefield
* York

Municipal boroughs|

* Batley
* Brighouse
* Castleford
* Goole
* Harrogate
* Keighley
* Morley
* Ossett
* Pontefract
* Pudsey
* Ripon
* Spenborough
* Todmorden

Urban districts|

* Adwick le Street
* Aireborough
* Baildon
* Barnoldswick
* Bentley with Arksey
* Bingley
* Colne Valley
* Conisbrough
* Cudworth
* Darfield
* Darton
* Dearne
* Denby Dale
* Denholme
* Dodworth
* Earby
* Elland
* Featherstone
* Garforth
* Hebden Royd
* Heckmondwike
* Hemsworth
* Holmfirth
* Horbury
* Horsforth
* Hoyland Nether
* Ilkley
* Kirkburton
* Knaresborough
* Knottingley
* Maltby
* Meltham
* Mexborough
* Mirfield
* Normanton
* Otley
* Penistone
* Queensbury and Shelf
* Rawmarsh
* Ripponden
* Rothwell
* Royston
* Saddleworth
* Shipley
* Silsden
* Skipton
* Sowerby Bridge
* Stanley
* Stocksbridge
* Swinton
* Tickhill
* Wath upon Dearne
* Wombwell
* Worsbrough

Abolished before 1974:

* Altofts
* Ardsley
* Ardsley East and West
* Balby with Hexthorpe
* Barkisland
* Bingley Outer
* Birkenshaw
* Birstall
* Bolton upon Dearne
* Burley in Wharfedale
* Calverley
* Clayton
* Clayton West
* Cleckheaton
* Denby and Cumberworth
* Drighlington
* Eccleshill
* Emley
* Farnley Tyas
* Farsley
* Flockton
* Fulstone
* Gildersome
* Golcar
* Gomersal
* Greasborough
* Greetland
* Guiseley
* Gunthwaite and Ingbirthworth
* Handsworth
* Haworth
* Hebden Bridge
* Hepworth
* Hipperholme
* Holme
* Honley
* Hoyland Swaine
* Hunsworth
* Idle
* Kirkheaton
* Lepton
* Linthwaite
* Liversedge
* Luddenden Foot
* Marsden
* Methley
* Midgley
* Monk Bretton
* Mytholmroyd
* Netherthong
* New Mill
* North Bierley
* Northowram
* Oakworth
* Oxenhope
* Queensbury
* Quickmere Mid. Div.
* Ravensthorpe
* Rawdon
* Rishworth
* Sandal Magna
* Scammonden
* Scholes
* Shelf
* Shelley
* Shepley
* Skelmanthorpe
* Slaithwaite
* Soothill Nether
* Soothill Upper
* South Crosland
* Southowram
* Sowerby
* Soyland
* Springhead
* Stainland
* Thornhill
* Thornton
* Thurlstone
* Thurnscoe
* Thurstonland and Farnley Tyas
* Tong
* Upper Mill
* Warley
* Wheatley
* Whitley Upper
* Whitwood
* Wilsden
* Yeadon

Rural districts|

* Bowland
* Doncaster
* Goole
* Hemsworth
* Hepton
* Kiveton Park
* Nidderdale
* Osgoldcross
* Penistone
* Ripon and Pateley Bridge
* Rotherham
* Sedbergh
* Selby
* Settle
* Skipton
* Tadcaster
* Thorne
* Wakefield
* Wetherby
* Wharfedale
* Wortley

Abolished before 1974:

* Barnsley
* Bishopthorpe
* Great Ouseburn
* Halifax
* Hunslet
* Keighley
* Knaresborough
* Leeds
* Pateley Bridge
* Pontefract
* Ripon
* Saddleworth
* Todmorden

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