Wortley Top Forge is an historic former finery forge and ironworks originally dating back to the seventeenth century, although evidence suggests iron working took place in the vicinity as early as the fourteenth century. Wortley Top Forge is situated 2 miles northwest of Howbrook.

Chapeltown railway station

Railway station

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Chapeltown railway station, originally known as Chapeltown South, is a railway station serves the Sheffield suburb of Chapeltown in South Yorkshire, England. Chapeltown railway station is situated 2 miles southeast of Howbrook.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include High Green and Wortley.

High Green

Suburb

High Green is a village situated approximately 6 miles from Barnsley, the nearest major town. It is located to the north of Chapeltown and is served by bus services; the nearest railway station is in Chapeltown, 1 mile away.

Wortley

Village

Wortley is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England. At the 2001 census it had a population of 579, increasing to 626 at the 2011 Census. Wortley is mentioned in the 1086 Domesday Book as Wirtleie.

Pilley

Village

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Pilley is a village in the metropolitan borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England. Pilley is situated to the south of Barnsley and to the west of Junction 36 of the M1 motorway. Pilley is situated 1½ miles north of Howbrook.

Howbrook

Type: Hamlet
Description: hamlet in Wortley, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England
Category: locality
Location: Wortley, Barnsley, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.4795° or 53° 28′ 46″ north

Longitude

-1.50951° or 1° 30′ 34″ west

Elevation

535 feet (163 metres)

Open location code

9C5WFFHR+Q5

OpenStreetMap ID

node 356990364

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

12265208

Wikidata ID

Q105945125

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