Darfield
Darfield shown within South Yorkshire
OS grid reference	SK5198
Metropolitan borough	Barnsley
Metropolitan county	South Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Barnsley
Postcode district	S73
Dialling code	01226
Police	South Yorkshire
Fire	South Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
European Parliament	Yorkshire and the Humber
UK Parliament	Don Valley
List of places: UK • England • Yorkshire

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Darfield is a village within the metropolitan borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England. It lies about 5 miles east of the town of Barnsley. Masouleh village, Gilan Province, Iran. ... Barnsley is a metropolitan borough in South Yorkshire, England. ... South Yorkshire is a metropolitan and ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and the Humber Government Office Region of England, in the United Kingdom. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Curiositykc 15:34, 9 September 2007 (UTC) For other uses, see Barnsley (disambiguation). ...

History

Many Roman coins have been unearthed in Darfield, and there is evidence to suggest that the village contained Roman habitations in its distant history. The main Roman currency during most of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire consisted of coins including: the aureus (gold), the denarius (silver), the sestertius (bronze), the dupondius (bronze), and the as (copper). ... For other uses, see Roman Empire (disambiguation). ...

In Saxon, the name "Feld" describes 'a large area of pasture land' , while the term "Dere" refers to the deer which inhabited the forest. When combined, this gives the name Derefeld which later became Darfield. Old English redirects here. ...

There are records of an 8th-century church in Darfield, but when the Domesday Book was written in 1089 there was no mention of it. A line drawing entitled Domesday Book from Andrew Williamss Historic Byways and Highways of Old England. ... Events Northumbria divided by the Normans into the counties of Northumberland, County Durham, Yorkshire, Westmorland and Lancashire August 11, powerful Britain Coronation of Rama Varma Kulasekhara in Kerala Synod of Melfi under Pope Urban II imposes slavery on the wives of priests Palmyra destroyed by earthquake Byzantine conquest of Crete...

Darfield remained an insignificant agricultural village for many centuries to come, until 1862. In that year, two mining companies sank shafts in the Barnsley district to exploit the rich seam of coal running through the area. Darfield Main colliery and Mitchells Main were local mines, the population of the village quickly increased and it became a labour pool for the surrounding coalmines. By 1901, over 4,000 people lived there compared to just 600 inhabitants in 1851. This article is about 1862 . ... Surface coal mining in Wyoming. ... Year 1901 (MCMI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday [1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1851 (MDCCCLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ...

Until 1964, Darfield had a railway station on the former Midland Railway's Sheffield Midland - Cudworth - Leeds City line. The line itself closed in 1988. Sheffield Midland Station, now called simply Sheffield, is the railway station in central Sheffield, England. ... Cudworth is a village in the metropolitan borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England. ... Leeds City station is the mainline railway station serving the city of Leeds in West Yorkshire, England. ... Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ...

Education

• Darfield Upperwood Primary School is a 4-11 community primary school, opened on 5 November 1973,^[1] and educates around 250 pupils. In July 2006 it was reported in the Barnsley Chronicle that a special investigation by council auditors into the school accounts raised questions about the way it was using public money. This received national media coverage when it appeared in the Yorkshire Post in March 2007.^[2]
• Foulstone Secondary School is a large school to be knocked down at the end of the school year, 2011 and which also boasts a strict anti-bullying policy and punishes homophobia diligently.
• St Michael and All Angels Catholic Primary School.

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Notable residents

• Ian McMillan, poet and broadcaster.^[3][4]

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References

1. ^ "Upperwood Primary School", Barnsley.gov.uk, 2003
2. ^ "Inquiry urged over four-star spending at primary school", James Reed, Yorkshire Post, 26 March 2007
3. ^ "Ian McMillan", Peter Forbes, British Council, 2002
4. ^ "Ian McMillan - The South Bank Show", ITV, 15 July 2007