South Yorkshire

**South Yorkshire** is a metropolitan county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England, in the north. The county was created in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972 and in 2001 covered an area of 155,205 hectares.

## Divisions and Environs

South Yorkshire is divided into four local government districts; they are the City of Sheffield, the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley and the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham. The county borders Derbyshire, West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, East Riding of Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire.

## History

The main settlements of South Yorkshire developed around the industries of mining and steel manufacturing. The main mining industry was coal which was concentrated to the north and east of the county. There were also iron mines in the area. The rivers running off the Pennines to the west of the county supported the steel industry that is concentrated in the city of Sheffield.

South Yorkshire was created as a metropolitan county in 1974, by the Local Government Act 1972, from the southern part of the West Riding of Yorkshire and the former county boroughs of Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield.

## Economy

South Yorkshire is one of the least prosperous areas in Western Europe.
|Year||Regional Gross Value Added||Agriculture||Industry||Services|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1995|**10,453**|67|3,690|6,696|||||
|2000|**13,187**|53|4,181|8,954|||||
|2003|**15,799**|57|4,772|10,971|||||

### Main settlements

The principal settlements of South Yorkshire are:
- Sheffield, an industrial city known for steel and cutlery
- Doncaster, an old Roman town known for railways and horse racing;
- Rotherham, an industrial town bordering Sheffield on the River Don;
- Barnsley, a market town on the River Dearne, the former administrative centre of the metropolitan county.

### Urban areas

South Yorkshire is made up of three main urban areas. Dearne Valley is made up of Barnsley and a number of villages and towns. The Sheffield urban area is made up of Sheffield and Rotherham and the Doncaster urban area is Doncaster and surrounding areas.

#### Dearne Valley

|Area|Metropolitan borough|Population|
| --- | --- | --- |
|Barnsley|Barnsley|71,599|
|Conisbrough|Doncaster|15,361|
|Cudworth|Barnsley|11,644|
|Darfield|Barnsley|8,066|
|Darton|Barnsley|14,927|
|Dodworth|Barnsley|5,742|
|Hoyland Nether|Barnsley|15,497|
|Mexborough|Doncaster|14,750|
|Royston|Barnsley|9,375|
|Swinton, South Yorkshire|Rotherham|14,643|
|Wath upon Dearne|Rotherham|16,787|
|Wombwell|Barnsley|15,180|
|Worsbrough|Barnsley|9,516|
|**Total population**|**207,726**||

#### Doncaster

|Area|Metropolitan borough|Population|
| --- | --- | --- |
|Armthorpe|Doncaster|12,630|
|Bentley|Doncaster|33,968|
|Doncaster|Doncaster|67,977|
|Kirk Sandall|Doncaster|13,276|
|**Total population**|**127,851**||

#### Sheffield

|Area|Metropolitan borough|Population|
| --- | --- | --- |
|Aughton|Rotherham|13,456|
|Beighton|Sheffield|10,676|
|Chapeltown|Sheffield|22,665|
|Mosborough/Highlane|Sheffield|18,585|
|Rawmarsh|Rotherham|18,210|
|Rotherham|Rotherham|117,262|
|Sheffield|Sheffield|439,866|
|**Total population**|**640,720**||

### Other towns and villages

|Area|Metropolitan borough|Population|
| --- | --- | --- |
|Adwick le Street|Doncaster|16,142|
|Anston/Dinnington|Rotherham|19,086|
|Askern|Doncaster|5,434|
|Bawt|Doncaster|3,775|
|Birdwell|Barnsley|2,989|
|Conisbrough|Doncaster|15,361|
|Dinnington|Rotherham|1,572|
|Finningley|Doncaster|4,048|
|Great Houghton|Barnsley|2,216|
|Grimethorpe|Barnsley|1,873|
|Harthill|Rotherham|1,728|
|Hatfield/Stainforth|Doncaster|20,232 (13,890/6,342)|
|Maltby|Rotherham|11,966|
|Rossington|Doncaster|13,255|
|Norton|Doncaster|2,111|
|Oughtibridge/Wharncliffe Side|Sheffield|4,602 (3,227/1,375)|
|Scholes|Rotherham|2,403|
|Stocksbridge|Sheffield|13,316|
|Thorne/Moorends|Doncaster|16,338|
|Thorpe Hesley|Rotherham|4,609|
|Tickhill|Doncaster|5,112|
|Todwick|Rotherham|1,637|
|Treeton|Rotherham|2,514|
|Thurcroft|Rotherham|4,702|
|Thurnscoe|Barnsley|9,122|
|Wales|Rotherham|5,826|
|Woodsetts|Rotherham|1,802|

## Places of interest

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- Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet, Sheffield
- Barnsley Town Hall
- Cannon Hall Museum, Park & Gardens, Barnsley
- Chapel of Our Lady of Rotherham Bridge ("Chapel on the Bridge"), Rotherham
- Clifton Park Museum, Rotherham
- Conisbrough Castle
- Cusworth Hall
- Doncaster Mansion House
- Kelham Island Museum, Sheffield
- Monk Bretton Priory
- Sheffield Winter Gardens
- Roche Abbey
- Rother Valley Country Park
- Howden Moors
- St Lawrence Church, Adwick le Street
- Wentworth Castle & Gardens, Barnsley
- Wentworth Woodhouse
- Weston Park Museum & Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield
- Woodlands model village
- Worsborough Mill and Country Park

## Infobox (england county)

- **name**: South Yorkshire
- **flag image**:
- **arms image**:
- **map**:
<small>_Shown within England_</small>
- **status**: Metropolitan county and
Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county
- **origin**: 1 April 1974
<small>(Local Government Act 1972)</small>
- **region**: Yorkshire and the Humber
- **arearank**: List of ceremonial counties of England by area, Ranked 38th
- **area km2**: 1552
- **adminhq**: Barnsley (1974-1986)
- **ons**: 2C
- **nutscode**: 3
- **nuts3**: UKE3
- **poprank**: List of ceremonial counties of England by population, Ranked 10th
- **popestdate**: 2011
- **pop**: 1,343,600
- **density km2**: 865
- **ethnicity**: 95.0% White
2.6% S.Asian
2.4% Black
- **council**: _No county council_
- **mps**: *Kevin Barron Labour Party (UK), (L)
*Clive Betts Labour Party (UK), (L)
*David Blunkett Labour Party (UK), (L)
*Paul Blomfield Labour Party (UK), (L)
*Sarah Champion (politician), Sarah Champion Labour Party (UK), (L)
*Nick Clegg Liberal Democrats (UK), (LD)
*Michael Dugher Labour Party (UK), (L)
*Caroline Flint Labour Party (UK), (L)
*John Healey Labour Party (UK), (L)
*Dan Jarvis Labour Party (UK), (L)
*Ed Miliband Labour Party (UK), (L)
*Meg Munn Labour Party (UK), (L)/Co-operative Party, (Co-op)
*Angela Christine Smith, Angela Smith Labour Party (UK), (L)
*Rosie Winterton Labour Party (UK), (L)
- **subdivname**: Metropolitan Boroughs
- **subdivmap**:
- **subdivs**: #Sheffield
#Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, Rotherham
#Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, Doncaster
#Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, Barnsley