Wortley Top Forge
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.Photo: Chris Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- 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 Stocksbridge Town Hall.
Holy Trinity Church
Church
Photo: Martin Speck, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Holy Trinity Church is situated 1 mile northwest of Wortley Top Forge.
Stocksbridge Town Hall
Town hall
Photo: Dave Pickersgill, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stocksbridge Town Hall is a municipal building in Manchester Road in Stocksbridge, a town in South Yorkshire 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. Stocksbridge Town Hall is situated 1½ miles southwest of Wortley Top Forge.
Saint John’s, Deepcar
Church
Photo: Richard Sockett, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Saint John’s, Deepcar is a church, which is situated 1¼ miles south of Wortley Top Forge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wortley and Green Moor.
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.
Green Moor
Village
Green Moor is a village near Wortley in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, in the parish of Hunshelf and close to Penistone and Oxspring. Green Moor used to be a stone quarry in the last century but has since become a predominantly commuter and retirement village.
Thurgoland
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Thurgoland is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England, on the A629 road. The village is less than 6 miles from Barnsley, the nearest major town.
Wortley Top Forge
- Categories: smithy, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Wortley, Barnsley, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.4947° or 53° 29′ 41″ northLongitude
-1.55781° or 1° 33′ 28″ westOpen location code
9C5WFCVR+VVOpenStreetMap ID
way 276009238OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata 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 Wortley Top Forge and Wortley Top Forge Miniature Railway.
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