Gawber

Gawber is an area of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England.^[1][2] The area falls within the Darton West ward of the Barnsley MBC. There is a primary school, Gawber Primary School,^[3] a preschool, Gawber Pre-School,^[4] and a church, St Thomas.^[5]

Gawber
Gawber Location within South Yorkshire
OS grid reference	SE323072
Metropolitan borough	Barnsley
Metropolitan county	South Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BARNSLEY
Postcode district	S75
Dialling code	01226
Police	South Yorkshire
Fire	South Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
UK Parliament	Barnsley Central
List of places UK England Yorkshire 53.5606°N 1.5132°W / 53.5606; -1.5132

The origin of the place-name is from the Old English words galga and beorg meaning gallows hill and appears as Galgbergh in 1304.^[6]

In A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848) Gawber is noted for its collieries.^[7] The North Gawber Colliery which closed in 1988 was located to the north in Mapplewell and the East Gawber Hall Colliery, of which the buried remains of the colliery fanhouse are a scheduled monument, was to the north-east of Gawber.^[8][9]