Wortley Top Forge

Wortley Top Forge is an historic former finery forge and ironworks dating from the seventeenth century, although evidence suggests iron working took place in the vicinity in the fourteenth century.
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: Grade I listed forge in Wortley, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Wortley Ironworks”
  • Address: Forge Lane, Sheffield, S35 7DN

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Holy Trinity Church and Saint John’s, Deepcar.

Church
Photo: Martin Speck, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is situated 1 mile northwest of Wortley Top Forge.

Church
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is a church, which is situated 1¼ miles south of Wortley Top Forge.

Town hall
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is a municipal building in Manchester Road in , a town in in England. The town hall, which was previously the offices and meeting place of Stocksbridge Urban District Council, is now the home of Stocksbridge Town Council as well as other community organisations. is situated 1½ miles southwest of Wortley Top Forge.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wortley and Green Moor.

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

Village
is a near in , , England, in the parish of . used to be a stone quarry in the last century but has since become a predominantly commuter and retirement village.

Village
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is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley in , England, on the A629 road. The village is 5 miles from the centre of , the nearest major town.

Wortley Top Forge

Latitude
53.4947° or 53° 29′ 41″ north
Longitude
-1.55781° or 1° 33′ 28″ west
Open location code
9C5WFCVR+VV
Open­Street­Map ID
way 276009238
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Wiki­data ID
Q8037286
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In Other Languages

“Wortley Top Forge” goes by many names.
  • Welsh: “Wortley Top Forge”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Forge Halt and Wortley Top Forge.

Nearby Places

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