South Yorkshire

South Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England, in the north. The county was created in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972^[2] and in 2001 covered an area of 155,205 hectares.^[3]

South Yorkshire
Ceremonial county
Flag Coat of arms
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Origin	1 April 1974[1] (Local Government Act 1972)
Time zone	UTC±00:00 (Greenwich Mean Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+01:00 (British Summer Time)
Ceremonial county
Area	[convert: needs a number]
• Ranked	of 48
• Ranked	of 48
Density	[convert: needs a number]
Ethnicity	95.0% White 2.6% S.Asian 2.4% Black

Divisions and Environs

South Yorkshire is divided into four local government districts; they are the City of Sheffield, the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley and the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham.^[4] The county borders Derbyshire, West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, East Riding of Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire.

History

The main settlements of South Yorkshire developed around the industries of mining and steel manufacturing. The main mining industry was coal which was concentrated to the north and east of the county. There were also iron mines in the area. The rivers running off the Pennines to the west of the county supported the steel industry that is concentrated in the city of Sheffield.

South Yorkshire was created as a metropolitan county in 1974, by the Local Government Act 1972, from the southern part of the West Riding of Yorkshire and the former county boroughs of Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield.

Economy

South Yorkshire is one of the least prosperous areas in Western Europe.

Year	Regional Gross Value Added[5]	Agriculture[6]	Industry[7]	Services[8]
1995	10,453	67	3,690	6,696
2000	13,187	53	4,181	8,954
2003	15,799	57	4,772	10,971

Towns and villages

Main settlements

The principal settlements of South Yorkshire are:

• Sheffield, an industrial city known for steel and cutlery
• Doncaster, an old Roman town known for railways and horse racing;
• Rotherham, an industrial town bordering Sheffield on the River Don;
• Barnsley, a market town on the River Dearne, the former administrative centre of the metropolitan county.

Urban areas

South Yorkshire is made up of three main urban areas. Dearne Valley is made up of Barnsley and a number of villages and towns. The Sheffield urban area is made up of Sheffield and Rotherham and the Doncaster urban area is Doncaster and surrounding areas.

Dearne Valley

Area	Metropolitan borough	Population
Barnsley	Barnsley	71,599
Conisbrough	Doncaster	15,361
Cudworth	Barnsley	11,644
Darfield	Barnsley	8,066
Darton	Barnsley	14,927
Dodworth	Barnsley	5,742
Hoyland Nether	Barnsley	15,497
Mexborough	Doncaster	14,750
Royston	Barnsley	9,375
Swinton, South Yorkshire	Rotherham	14,643
Wath upon Dearne	Rotherham	16,787
Wombwell	Barnsley	15,180
Worsbrough	Barnsley	9,516
Total population		207,726

[bolton on Dearne] |barnsley |

Doncaster

Area	Metropolitan borough	Population
Armthorpe	Doncaster	12,630
Bentley	Doncaster	33,968
Doncaster	Doncaster	67,977
Kirk Sandall	Doncaster	13,276
Total population		127,851

Sheffield

Area	Metropolitan borough	Population
Aughton	Rotherham	13,456
Beighton	Sheffield	10,676
Chapeltown	Sheffield	22,665
Mosborough/Highlane	Sheffield	18,585
Rawmarsh	Rotherham	18,210
Rotherham	Rotherham	117,262
Sheffield	Sheffield	439,866
Total population		640,720

Other towns and villages

Area	Metropolitan borough	Population
Adwick le Street	Doncaster	16,142
Anston/Dinnington	Rotherham	19,086
Askern	Doncaster	5,434
Bawt	Doncaster	3,775
Birdwell	Barnsley	2,989
Conisbrough	Doncaster	15,361
Dinnington	Rotherham	1,572
Finningley	Doncaster	4,048
Great Houghton	Barnsley	2,216
Grimethorpe	Barnsley	1,873
Harthill	Rotherham	1,728
Hatfield/Stainforth	Doncaster	20,232 (13,890/6,342)
Maltby	Rotherham	11,966
Rossington	Doncaster	13,255
Norton	Doncaster	2,111
Oughtibridge/Wharncliffe Side	Sheffield	4,602 (3,227/1,375)
Scholes	Rotherham	2,403
Stocksbridge	Sheffield	13,316
Thorne/Moorends	Doncaster	16,338
Thorpe Hesley	Rotherham	4,609
Tickhill	Doncaster	5,112
Todwick	Rotherham	1,637
Treeton	Rotherham	2,514
Thurcroft	Rotherham	4,702
Thurnscoe	Barnsley	9,122
Wales	Rotherham	5,826
Woodsetts	Rotherham	1,802

Places of interest

Key
	Owned by the National Trust
	Owned by English Heritage
	Owned by the Forestry Commission
	A Country Park
	An Accessible open space
	Museum (free)
	Museum (charges entry fee)
	Heritage railway
	Historic House

• Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet, Sheffield
• Barnsley Town Hall
• Cannon Hall Museum, Park & Gardens, Barnsley
• Chapel of Our Lady of Rotherham Bridge ("Chapel on the Bridge"), Rotherham
• Clifton Park Museum, Rotherham
• Conisbrough Castle
• Cusworth Hall
• Doncaster Mansion House
• Kelham Island Museum, Sheffield
• Monk Bretton Priory
• Sheffield Winter Gardens
• Roche Abbey
• Rother Valley Country Park
• Howden Moors
• St Lawrence Church, Adwick le Street
• Wentworth Castle & Gardens, Barnsley
• Wentworth Woodhouse
• Weston Park Museum & Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield
• Woodlands model village
• Worsborough Mill and Country Park