Cudworth, South Yorkshire
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Cudworth (English: /ˈkʊdɜːrθ/ CUD-erth) is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England. It had a population of 10,977 in the 2011 Census.[1]
The modern village is part of the Cudworth ward of Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council and has a mix of housing types with a great many developments from the inter-war and post-war periods. These supplement a small residual number of more ancient dwellings and buildings reflecting the importance of the rural economy before the opening of the deep mine collieries in the near vicinity at the end of the 19th and early 20th centuries.
The village is still surrounded by open space, including
Governance
Since the local government reforms of 1974[2] Cudworth has been a ward within the Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council and returns three ward councillors. This same Act saw the establishment of the South Yorkshire metropolitan county, but its council was later abolished and the four constituent boroughs became unitary authorities.
Before the establishment of the Poor Law Union, almost every aspect of local governance had been shared between three authorities; the Justices of the Peace for the West Riding in their Quarter or Special sessions; the Parish of Royston and its Vestry, and the Manor of Cudworth with its Court Baron and Court Leet.[3]
In the period before 1900, Cudworth's governance passed through a number of changes introduced by the Government at Westminster due to the increasing population. The 1873 and 1875 Public Health Acts created Rural Sanitary Districts which effectively gave control of the sewers and other health matters to the local board of Guardians, who had hitherto been responsible for the workhouse and other matters relating to the Poor Laws. The Barnsley
Transport
A railway station served Cudworth between 1840 and 1968.
Churches and places of worship
Cudworth was a township and a constituent part of the large rural Anglican parish of
In 1920, a war memorial was erected in the churchyard to commemorate the servicemen of Cudworth who died in World War I; the men and women lost in World War II were added later. The Local Heritage Group organised for the memorial to be refurbished at which time more names were added, including those fallen in more recent conflicts.
St John the Baptist Cudworth
The
Notable people
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- Darren Gough (b. 1970), the Yorkshire and England cricketer, spent some of his childhood in Cudworth.[10]
- David Hirst (b. 1967), footballer who played for Barnsley, Sheffield Wednesday and England.
- Sir Stephen Houghton, CBE, Leader of Barnsley Metropolitan Council and ward councillor in Cudworth.[11]
- Dorothy Hyman (b. 1941), Olympic sprinter who won silver and bronze medals at the Olympic Games in the 1960s. She also captained the British women's team. She has a stadium named after her.
- Ralph O'Donnell (1931–2011), footballer who played for Sheffield Wednesday.
- Sir Michael Parkinson CBE (1935–2023), journalist and television and radio presenter.[10]
- Great Britain national ice hockey team.
Sports
Cudworth has been represented in the FA Cup by two football teams – Cudworth Village F.C. and Cudworth St. Mary's F.C.
The two main junior football clubs in Cudworth are Dorothy Hyman West End and Cudworth Tykes JFC. Cudworth also had one of the biggest junior football teams in Yorkshire, The Pinfold Pumas (known as pinny pumas) has teams from under 6s to under 17s, also 3 girls teams and 2 disability teams.
See also
References
- ^ [1] Archived 30 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 29 June 2013
- ^ Local Government Act, 1972
- ^ Court Roll 1653, British Library
- London Gazetteissue 20245, 25 July 1843, pp 2514–2516
- ^ Order in Council, Osbourne House, 28 July 1893: London Gazette issue 26429, p4435, 4 August 1843
- ^ London Gazette, 10 November 1893, p6290
- ^ London Gazette, 13 April 1900, p2430
- ^ "St. John the Baptist Cudworth". Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
- ^ "The Bishop of Beverley - Parishes". Archived from the original on 17 September 2008. Retrieved 2 November 2008.
- ^ a b Ryan, Emma (5 November 2022). "Place where they are all good at sports". The Yorkshire Post. Country Week. p. 13.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 18 June 2013. Retrieved 29 June 2013.
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External links
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