{{short description|Village and civil parish in West Yorkshire, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Use British English|date=June 2020}} {{Infobox UK place | country = England | official_name = South Hiendley | coordinates = {{coord|53.608|-1.401|display=inline,title}} | population = 1,817 | population_ref = (2011) | civil_parish = | metropolitan_borough = City of Wakefield | metropolitan_county = West Yorkshire | region = Yorkshire and the Humber | constituency_westminster = Hemsworth | post_town = BARNSLEY | postcode_district = S72 | postcode_area = S | dial_code = 01226 | static_image = South_Hiendley_-_Almshouses.jpg | static_image_width = 250px | static_image_caption = South Hiendley Almshouses }}
'''South Hiendley''' is a village and civil parish near Barnsley but in the City of Wakefield council area in West Yorkshire, England. It has a population of 1,667,<ref>[http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=8&containerAreaId=790273 Office for National Statistics : ''Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Wakefield''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613050045/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=8&containerAreaId=790273 |date=2011-06-13 }} Retrieved 12 September 2009</ref> increasing to 1,817 at the 2011 Census.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11128672&c=south+hiendley&d=16&e=62&g=6374944&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1456933747431&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|accessdate=2 March 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}</ref> Until 1974 it was part of Hemsworth Rural District.
The village is on the edge of the county of West Yorkshire in the Wakefield area {{convert|8|mi|km|0}} from the city centre. However it is marginally closer to the town of Barnsley {{convert|6|mi|km|0}} just across the border in South Yorkshire. It has a Barnsley postcode (S72) and telephone code (01226), as well as being under the Postal Town of Barnsley and by default South Yorkshire.
The village has one public house, The Sun Inn, (the Fox Inn was demolished in 2013),<ref>[http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/areas/south-hiendley/west-yorkshire/ Pubs in South Hiendley - Pubsgalore.com]</ref> a primary school (South Hiendley Junior Infant and Early Years School)<ref>[http://southhiendley.wakefield.sch.uk/ South Hiendley Junior Infant and Early Years School website]</ref> and a Doctor's surgery.<ref>[http://www.nhs.uk/Services/GP/Overview/DefaultView.aspx?id=45874 South Hiendley Surgery - NHS Choices]</ref>
Historically, South Hiendley is part of the West Riding of Yorkshire in the Wapentake of Staincross. The Wapentake almost corresponds with the current Barnsley Metropolitan Area, although a few settlements and townships within the Staincross Wapentake (such as South Hiendley) were put outside the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley and, since April 1974, lie within the current West Yorkshire Metropolitan Area.
The name Hiendley derives from the Old English ''hindlēah'' meaning 'hind's (female deer) wood/clearing'.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Yorkshire%20WR/South%20Hiendley|title=South Hiendley |website=Key to English Place-Names |publisher=The Institute for Name-Studies |access-date=29 October 2025}}</ref>
==See also== *Listed buildings in South Hiendley
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==External links== {{Commons category-inline|South Hiendley}}
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Category:Villages in West Yorkshire Category:Civil parishes in West Yorkshire Category:Geography of the City of Wakefield
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