Cawthorne

Other current and historical names

Caltorne
Caltorn

Built-Up Area: Cawthorne
Parish/Community: Cawthorne
Unitary Authority: Barnsley
Region: Yorkshire and The Humber

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 53°34'7"N 1°34'17"W
Eastings/Northings: 428477, 408112
OS Grid: SE284081
Mapcode Local: GBR KWG5.LD
Mapcode Global: WHCBJ.TKVD

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Cawthorne within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Cawthorne in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Cawthorne, par. and vil., S. div. West-Riding Yorksh., 4½ m. NW. of Barnsley, 3708 ac., pop. 1166; P.O., T.O.

Cawthorne in the Domesday Book

A village in Staincross hundred, in the county of Yorkshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Alric
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ilbert of Lacy
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Alric (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 6 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1066; £1 in 1086
- Households: 4 villagers; 1 priest
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 2 men's ploughs (4 plough lands)
- Woodland: 2 leagues
- Churches: 1

British Place Names

Cawthorne, Barnsley

Cawthorne is a village in Barnsley

Cawthorne in historic gazetteers

Cawthorne in the Domesday Book