Silkstone

Silkstone is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley in , England. It is situated in the foothills of the , around 4 miles west of .
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  • Type: Village with 2,950 residents
  • Description: village in South Yorkshire, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Silkstone, Barnsley” and “Silkstone, South Yorkshire”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of All Saints, Silkstone and Silkstone glassworks.

Church
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The Church of All Saints is the parish church in the village of Silkstone in , England. It is a church in the Diocese of Leeds. The building is Grade I listed and dates back to at least the 12th century.

Commercial area
is situated at Pot House Hamlet, a historic former industrial site in Silkstone, , England. A glass works was established at Silkstone around 1659 by John Pilmey, who had emigrated from France some years earlier.

Railway station
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The present , which opened by British Rail on 14 May 1983 serves the village of , near in , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Silkstone Common and Cawthorne.

Village
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is a village in the metropolitan borough of Barnsley in , England. It is to the south of Silkstone.

Village
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is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, , England. The village was once a centre of the iron and coal mining industry; today it is part of an affluent commuter belt west of .

Village
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is a village in the metropolitan borough of Barnsley in , England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it has a population of 5,976 at the 2021 Census. is situated 1½ miles east of Silkstone.

Silkstone

Latitude
53.54802° or 53° 32′ 53″ north
Longitude
-1.56346° or 1° 33′ 49″ west
Population
2,950
Elevation
374 feet (114 metres)
Open location code
9C5WGCXP+6J
Open­Street­Map ID
node 29796255
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2637841
Wiki­data ID
Q2307737
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Urdu—“Silkstone” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Silkstone”
  • Chinese: “Silkstone”
  • Dutch: “Silkstone”
  • French: “Silkstone”
  • Irish: “Silkstone”
  • Italian: “Silkstone”
  • Malagasy: “Silkstone”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Silkstone (South Yorkshire)”
  • Polish: “Silkstone”
  • Spanish: “Silkstone”
  • Swedish: “Silkstone (distrikt)”
  • Swedish: “Silkstone (ort)”
  • Swedish: “Silkstone, South Yorkshire”
  • Turkish: “Silkstone”
  • Urdu: “سلک اسٹون”

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