Langsett

For the suburb of Sheffield, see Walkley.

Langsett is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England. It lies on the edge of the Peak District National Park. At the 2001 census it had a population of 161,^[1] increasing to 222 at the 2011 Census.^[2]

Langsett
View from Gilbert Hill
Langsett Location within South Yorkshire
Population	222 (2011)
Civil parish	Langsett
Metropolitan borough	Barnsley
Metropolitan county	South Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	SHEFFIELD
Postcode district	S36
Dialling code	01226
Police	South Yorkshire
Fire	South Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
UK Parliament	Penistone and Stocksbridge
List of places UK England Yorkshire 53.50°N 1.68°W / 53.50; -1.68

In the early medieval period, Langsett was known as Penisale. It held a royal charter entitling it to hold a weekly market on Tuesdays and an annual three-day fair, but these were held somewhere in the country rather than in the village itself. The market charter was later used to start a market in Penistone.^[3]

A tradition associates the location of Penisale market with a cross near the junction of Cross Lane and Hartcliffe Road. This theory is rejected by Neville T. Sharpe, who holds that this was a wayside cross used as a guide by travellers.^[4]

In chronostratigraphy, the British sub-stage of the Carboniferous period, the 'Langsettian' derives its name from a study of geological exposures in the banks of the Little Don River near Langsett.^[5]

Langsett was historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire in the Wapentake of Staincross, an area that almost corresponds with the modern day Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley.^[6]

The Peak District Boundary Walk runs through the village.^[7]

See also

• Listed buildings in Langsett