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Gunthwaite is a hamlet in the
Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley The Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley is a metropolitan borough in South Yorkshire, England; the main settlement is Barnsley and other notable towns include Penistone, Wombwell and Hoyland. The borough is bisected by the M1 motorway; it is ru ...
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South Yorkshire South Yorkshire is a ceremonial and metropolitan county in the Yorkshire and Humber Region of England. The county has four council areas which are the cities of Doncaster and Sheffield as well as the boroughs of Barnsley and Rotherham. ...
, England. It is in the civil parish of Gunthwaite and Ingbirchworth and on the boundary of
Kirklees Kirklees is a local government district of West Yorkshire, England, governed by Kirklees Council with the status of a metropolitan borough. The largest town and administrative centre of Kirklees is Huddersfield, and the district also inclu ...
in
West Yorkshire West Yorkshire is a metropolitan and ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and Humber Region of England. It is an inland and upland county having eastward-draining valleys while taking in the moors of the Pennines. West Yorkshire came into exi ...
. At the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 400, increasing to 460 at the 2011 Census. The settlement can be traced back over 1,000 years. Within the parish is located Gunthwaite Hall, former seat of the Bosville family. Its 16th century
Grade I listed In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern I ...
close-studded cruck barn is still in agricultural use and has been described as "one of the glories of the parish."Hey, David. ''A History of Penistone and District''. Pen & Sword, 2002, p. 57. Also to be found nearby is Gunthwaite Spa, a sulphur-rich spring whose waters emerge from a pipe set in a stone recess by the side of Carr Lane. Here, the old practice of celebrating Spaw Sunday still survives to this day.


See also

* Listed buildings in Gunthwaite and Ingbirchworth


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Hamlets in South Yorkshire Geography of the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley {{SouthYorkshire-geo-stub