Hemingfield

Hemingfield is a village in the metropolitan borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England.[1] The village falls within the Hoyland Milton Ward of Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council. The village has two pubs, The Albion and The Elephant & Castle, as well as a post office, a pharmacy and The Ellis CofE Primary School. Notable organisations, past and present, include Hemingfield Action Group (HAG)[2] and Albion AFC.

Hemingfield
Hemingfield
Location within South Yorkshire
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBARNSLEY
Postcode districtS73
Dialling code01226
PoliceSouth Yorkshire
FireSouth Yorkshire
AmbulanceYorkshire
UK Parliament

In the Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870–72) John Marius Wilson described Hemingfield:

HEMINGFIELD, a village in Wombwell township, Darfield parish, W. R. Yorkshire; 4 miles SE of Barnesley. Pop., 346. It has a post office under Barnesley, and a charity school.[3]

Etymology

Legend has it the village gets its name from a Viking named 'Heming' who settled and established a farmstead. Hence, it was "Heming's field".[4]

Hemingfield Colliery

Hemingfield Colliery, also known as Elsecar Low Colliery, opened in 1840, and first produced coal in 1848.[5] The colliery is now preserved as a heritage attraction by the Friends of Hemingfield Colliery.

Hemingfield railway station

The Elsecar Heritage Railway currently terminates at Hemingfield, although there is no platform at present, with trains pausing before reversing back to Elsecar. However, a proposed extension of the railway to Cortonwood is well advanced, and a memorandum of understanding has been signed by the railway company and the friends of the colliery, agreeing that an intermediate station will be constructed at Hemingfield.[6]

A joint development project with the University of Sheffield School of Architecture in autumn 2016 resulted in initial proposals for a station at Hemingfield with the low-level platform connected to the high-level colliery buildings by means of a tall station building incorporating stairs and lifts.[7]

Sport

The village was represented in the FA Cup by Hemingfield F.C. in the 1920s.

Notable people

Transport

The number 67 Jump Circular bus runs in both directions through the village every hour.[8] Wombwell railway station is the closest rail link to the village.

References
  1. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 110 Sheffield & Huddersfield (Glossop & Holmfirth) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2012. ISBN 9780319231876.
  2. "Hemingfield Action Group - Charity/Voluntary, in Voluntary Action Barnsley". www.HemingfieldActionGroup676.VABarnsley.org.uk. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  3. "A Vision of Britain Through Time: Hemingfield". www.VisionOfBritain.co.uk. GB Historical GIS/University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
  4. "Heming - Nordic Names Wiki - Name Origin, Meaning and Statistics". www.NordicNames.de. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  5. Notes on Elsecar 1901: The Godfrey Edition Published by Alan Godfrey Maps ISBN 1-84151-529-9
  6. Memorandum of Understanding outlined here
  7. Plans may be viewed at this colliery webpage.
  8. "viewtimetable". www.TravelSouthYorkshire.com. Retrieved 16 December 2017.


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