Gunthwaite

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 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]

The settlement can be traced back over 1,000 years.

Courtyard of Gunthwaite Hall
Gunthwaite Hall Barn

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."[3] 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.

References
  1. "Census 2001". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 22 December 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  2. "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  3. Hey, David. A History of Penistone and District. Pen & Sword, 2002, p. 57.

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