Langsett
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Langsett is a village and
National Park. At the 2001 census it had a population of 161,[1] increasing to 222 at the 2011 Census.[2]
In the early Medieval period, Langsett was known as Penisale. It held a
market on Tuesdays and an annual three-day fair, but these were held somewhere in the country rather than in the village itself. The market charter was later used to start a market in Penistone.[3]
A tradition associates the location of Penisale market with a cross near the junction of Cross Lane and Hartcliffe Road. This theory is rejected by Neville T. Sharpe, who holds that this was a wayside cross used as a guide by travellers.[4]
In chronostratigraphy, the British sub-stage of the Carboniferous period, the 'Langsettian' derives its name from a study of geological exposures in the banks of the Little Don River near Langsett.[5]
The Peak District Boundary Walk runs through the village.[6]
See also
References
- ^ Census 2001 Archived 2016-12-22 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
- ^ David Hey, Medieval South Yorkshire
- ^ Neville T. Sharpe, Crosses of the Peak District (Landmark Collectors Library, 2002)
- ^ Cleal, C.J., Thomas, B.A., 1996 British Upper Carboniferous Stratigraphy Vol 11 of the Geological Conservation Review series
- ISBN 978-1909461536.
External links
Media related to Langsett at Wikimedia Commons
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