Barugh is a village in the metropolitan borough of
Barnsley
Barnsley () is a market town in South Yorkshire, England. It is the main settlement of the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley and the fourth largest settlement in South Yorkshire. The town's population was 71,422 in 2021, while the wider boroug ...
in
South Yorkshire
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, England. The village falls within the Barnsley Metropolitan ward of Darton West. Until 1974 it was in the
West Riding of Yorkshire
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.
History
Barugh was formerly a
township
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Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, this tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Canad ...
in the parish of
Darton
Darton is a large village in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley (part of South Yorkshire), on the border with West Yorkshire, England. At the time of the 2001 UK census, it had a population of 14,927, increasing to 21,345 for both Darton War ...
, in 1866 Barugh became a separate civil parish, on 1 April 1938 the parish was abolished and merged with Darton. In 1931 the parish had a population of 3679.
It is now in the
unparished area
In England, an unparished area is an area that is not covered by a civil parish (the lowest level of local government, not to be confused with an ecclesiastical parish). Most urbanised districts of England are either entirely or partly unparis ...
of Darton.
See also
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Listed buildings in Darton
Darton is a village and surrounding area in the metropolitan borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, consisting of two Ward (electoral subdivision), wards, Darton East and Darton West. The wards contain 48 Listed building#England and Wa ...
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Villages in South Yorkshire
Former civil parishes in South Yorkshire
Geography of the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley
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