Smithies, South Yorkshire

Smithies
Smithies
 Smithies shown within South Yorkshire
OS grid referenceSK3508
Metropolitan boroughBarnsley
Metropolitan county South Yorkshire
RegionYorkshire and the Humber
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town BARNSLEY
Postcode district S71
Dialling code 01226
Police South Yorkshire
Fire South Yorkshire
Ambulance Yorkshire
EU Parliament Yorkshire and the Humber
UK ParliamentBarnsley Central
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Coordinates: 53°34′10″N 1°28′20″W / 53.5694°N 1.4723°W / 53.5694; -1.4723

Smithies is an area of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England. It lies about two miles north east of the town centre.

Smithies was historically a village in the township of Monk Bretton in the parish of Royston in the West Riding of Yorkshire, on the border with the township of Carlton.[1] Monk Bretton became a separate civil parish in 1866, and in 1921 was absorbed into the County Borough of Barnsley. In 1974 the county borough was abolished, and Smithies became part of the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley in the new county of South Yorkshire.

References

  1. ↑ "Gazetteer of the British Isles". John Bartholomew. 1887. Retrieved 18 October 2014.

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