Tankersley is a village and
civil parish
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in the
Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley
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The borough is bisected by the M1 mo ...
in
South Yorkshire
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,
England
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. At the 2001 census it had a population of 1,414, increasing to 1,671 at the 2011 Census.
The village is to the west of junction 36 of the
M1 motorway
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and north of the
A61 road. The parish church of St Peter is to the south of the A61, as is Tankersley Manor, now a hotel. The nave and chancel of the church are 14th century. the tower 16th century, and the interior mainly 19th century.
[ Mee, Arthur (1941) ''Yorkshire: the West Riding'' Hodder & Stoughton, London p 383] It has a stained glass window designed by
Edward Burne-Jones
Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, 1st Baronet, (; 28 August 183317 June 1898) was an English painter and designer associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood's style and subject matter.
Burne-Jones worked with William Morris as a founding part ...
.
[Tankersley St Peter]
/ref> It was traditional practice for young people to join hands and form a ring around the church in a ceremony called " Embracing the Church".[
The parish also includes the village of Pilley to the north and the Wentworth Park Industrial Estate to the west of Tankersley village. Tankersley Post Office is part of a general store in Pilley.
It was the site of a battle in the ]English Civil War
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1643.[The Star]
19 June 2013
Tankersley has been represented in the FA Cup
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by two football clubs over the years - Tankersley F.C. and Tankersley United F.C.
Etymologically speaking, Tankersley is derived from the Old English words meaning 'Tancred's clearing'.[ ]
Geography
The Tankersley Interchange (junction 36) has access to the A61 (south-west and north) and to the Dearne Valley Parkway ( A6195 road) to the east. The M1 reached Tankersley on Wednesday 12 June 1968, when a six-mile section from Tinsley was opened.
File:St Peter's Church Tankersley 2017 01.jpg, St Peter's Church
File:Tankersley Manor 2013.JPG, Tankersley Manor Hotel
See also
* Listed buildings in Tankersley, South Yorkshire
References
External links
Tankersley Parish Council
*
Civil parishes in South Yorkshire
Geography of the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley
Villages in South Yorkshire
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