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Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, UKi
Regional Level Types
BarnsleyCivil Parish
South YorkshireCounty
EnglandConstituent Country
UKCountry

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View of the Barnsley coal mining area, ca. 1920.

Goldthorpe Colliery, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, UK
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View of the Barnsley coal mining area, in 1912.

Grimethorpe Colliery, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, UK
01538790017272365552572.jpg
View of the Barnsley coal mining area, ca. 1920.

Goldthorpe Colliery, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, UK
03324000017272365563229.jpg
View of the Barnsley coal mining area, in 1912.

Grimethorpe Colliery, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, UK
01538790017272365552572.jpg
View of the Barnsley coal mining area, ca. 1920.

Goldthorpe Colliery, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, UK
03324000017272365563229.jpg
View of the Barnsley coal mining area, in 1912.

Grimethorpe Colliery, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, UK
Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Barnsley71,447 (2010)
Hoyland Nether15,842 (2013)
Wombwell15,518 (2013)
Darton15,259 (2013)
Bolton upon Dearne13,236 (2013)
Cudworth11,903 (2013)
Mindat Locality ID:
344865
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:344865:9
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
district métropolitain de Barnsley, Yorkshire du Sud, Angleterre, Royaume-Uni
German:
Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, Vereinigtes Königreich
Italian:
Barnsley, South Yorkshire, Inghilterra, Regno Unito
Russian:
Барнсли, Саут-Йоркшир, Англия, Великобритания
Simplified Chinese:
巴恩斯利都市自治市, 南约克郡, 英格兰, 英国
Spanish:
Municipio metropolitano de Barnsley, Yorkshire del Sur, Inglaterra, Reino Unido
Belarusian:
Муніцыпальны раён Барнслі, Паўднёвы Ёркшыр, Англія, Вялікабрытанія
Breton:
Barnsley, Su Yorkshire, Bro-Saoz, Rouantelezh-Unanet
Bulgarian:
Барнзли, Южен Йоркшър, Англия, Обединено кралство Великобритания и Северна Ирландия
Cebuano:
Barnsley, South Yorkshire, Inglatera, Hiniusang Gingharian
Dutch:
Barnsley, South Yorkshire, Engeland, Verenigd Koninkrijk
Farsi/Persian:
کلان‌شهر مستقل بارنزلی, یورک‌شر جنوبی, انگلستان, بریتانیا
Japanese:
メトロポリタン・バラ・オブ・バーンズリー, サウス・ヨークシャー, イングランド, イギリス
Korean:
반즐리 도시 자치구, 사우스요크셔주, 잉글랜드, 영국
Lithuanian:
Barnslis, Pietų Jorkšyras, Anglija, Jungtinė Karalystė
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Barnsley , South Yorkshire, Eng-tē, Liân-ha̍p Ông-kok
Norwegian:
Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, Storbritannia
Polish:
Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, Anglia, Wielka Brytania
Serbo-Croatian:
Barnsley, South Yorkshire, Engleska, Ujedinjeno Kraljevstvo
Swedish:
Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, Storbritannien
Traditional Chinese:
巴恩斯利都市自治市, 南約郡, 英倫, 英國
Ukrainian:
Барнслі, Південний Йоркшир, Англія, Велика Британія
Urdu:
میٹروپولیٹن بورو بارنسلے, جنوبی یارکشائر, انگلستان, مملکت متحدہ
Welsh:
Barnsley, De Swydd Efrog, Lloegr, Y Deyrnas Unedig


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Fossils

There are 2 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences3
Youngest Fossil Listed315 Ma (Carboniferous)
Oldest Fossil Listed318 Ma (Carboniferous)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
Parkgate Coal1318.1 - 314.6 Ma (Carboniferous)
Fossils from RegionClick here to show the list.
Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Idoptilus
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Palaeodictyoptera : Idoptilus314.6 - 314.6 Ma
Carboniferous
Idoptilus onisciformis
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Palaeodictyoptera : Idoptilus : Idoptilus onisciformis314.6 - 314.6 Ma
Carboniferous
Eoscorpius mucronatus
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Arachnida : Scorpiones : Eoscorpiidae : Eoscorpius : Eoscorpius mucronatus318.1 - 314.6 Ma
Carboniferous
Fossil LocalitiesClick to show 2 fossil localities

Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Barnsley
Wikidata ID:Q1857382
GeoNames ID:3333122

Localities in this Region

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Eurasian PlateTectonic Plate

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