Other current and historical names
Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Silkstone within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.
Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew
Silkstone, par., township, and vil. with ry. sta., S. div. West-Riding Yorkshire - par. (containing Barnsley), 13,598 ac., pop. 38,566; township, 1497 ac., pop. 1433; vil., 1 mile N. of sta. and 4 miles W. of Barnsley; P.O., and P.O. at Silkstone Common.
A village in Staincross hundred, in the county of Yorkshire.