{{Short description|Village in South Yorkshire, England}} {{Use British English|date=March 2023}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Infobox UK place | country = England | coordinates = {{coord|53.58|-1.54|display=inline,title}} | static_image_name = Kexborough Village.jpg | static_image_caption = Churchfield Lane in Kexbrough heading west towards High Hoyland | map_type = South Yorkshire | official_name = Kexbrough | metropolitan_borough = Barnsley | metropolitan_county = South Yorkshire | population = | region = Yorkshire and the Humber | constituency_westminster = ) <!-- 2024 --> | post_town = BARNSLEY | postcode_district = S75 | postcode_area = S | dial_code = 01226 | os_grid_reference = SE 304 093 }}
'''Kexbrough''' is a village in the Barnsley district, in the county of South Yorkshire, England, on the border with West Yorkshire.<ref>{{cite book|title=Barnsley Family History Society Index to 1851 Census: Kexborough|date=1992|publisher=Barnsley Family History Society|isbn=9780951868584<!--|accessdate=9 May 2015-->}}</ref> The village falls within the Darton West ward of Barnsley MBC. It is located west of the M1 motorway, just south of Junction 38 at an elevation of around {{convert|107|m|order=flip}} above sea level. Historically{{When|date=February 2025}} the village was known as Kexborough, and includes the hamlets of Haigh and Swithin.<ref name=":History of Kexborough, in Barnsley and West Riding">{{cite web |title=Kexborough West Riding |url=https://visionofireland.org/place/13178# |website=visionofireland.org |access-date=2 March 2023}}</ref> Until 1974 it was in the West Riding of Yorkshire.
== History == Kexbrough is mentioned in the Domesday Book as belonging to Ilbert of Lacey, and having two villagers, a meadow, ploughlands and six furlongs of woodland.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kexbrough {{!}} Domesday Book |url=https://opendomesday.org/place/SE2909/kexbrough/ |website=opendomesday.org |access-date=2 March 2023}}</ref> Historically in the parish of Darton and the wapentake of Staincross, the village is recorded in the Domesday Book as ''Chizeburg'', being ''Kesseburgh'' in the 14th century, and ''Kexbrough'' by the 1580s. The place name is derived from a combination of the Old Norse personal name, ''Keptr'' and the Old English ''burh'', which meant a fortified place.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Yorkshire+WR/Kexbrough|title=Key to English Place-names|website=kepn.nottingham.ac.uk|accessdate=21 October 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Moorman |first1=F. W. |title=Place-Names of the West Riding of Yorkshire |date=1910 |publisher=Thoresby Society |location=Leeds |page=113|oclc=4288848}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Ekwall |first1=Eilert |author-link=Eilert Ekwall |title=The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names |date=1960 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford |isbn=0-19-869103-3 |pages=74, 274 |edition=4}}</ref>
The village is just west of the M1 motorway, about {{convert|107|m|order=flip}} above sea level, being some {{convert|4.5|mi}} north-west of Barnsley, and {{convert|8.5|mi}} south of Wakefield.<ref name="OS">{{cite web |title=Kexbrough, Barnsley |url=https://getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/local/kexbrough-barnsley |website=getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk |access-date=2 March 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Genuki: In 1822, the following places were in the Parish of Darton:, Yorkshire (West Riding) |url=https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/WRY/Darton/more |website=genuki.org.uk |access-date=2 March 2023}}</ref>
Kexbrough was formerly a township in the parish of Darton,<ref name=":History of Kexborough, in Barnsley and West Riding"/> in 1866 Kexbrough became a separate civil parish, on 1 April 1938 the parish was abolished and merged with Darton.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10440257|title=Relationships and changes Kexborough CP/Tn through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=13 June 2024}}</ref> In 1931 the parish had a population of 1673.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10440257/cube/TOT_POP|title=Population statistics Kexborough CP/Tn through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=13 June 2024}}</ref>
== Transport == Kexbrough is served by local and Express buses to Barnsley Interchange via Baurgh Green or Mapplewell as well as longer distance services to Wakefield and Leeds. Bus companies that operate in Kexbrough are Stagecoach and Globe Coaches. Bus routes are 93,93a,95,95a,96,96a and X10.<ref>{{cite web |title=95 Bus Route & Timetable: Kexbrough - Barnsley Interchange |url=https://www.stagecoachbus.com/routes/yorkshire/95/kexbrough-barnsley-interchange/xuao095.i |website=stagecoachbus.com |access-date=2 March 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=93 - Barnsley Interchange - Kexbrough |url=https://bustimes.org/services/93-barnsley-interchange-kexbrough |website=bustimes.org |access-date=2 March 2023}}</ref> The nearest railway station is Darton railway station on the Hallam Line.<ref>{{cite news |title=For sale: Grand but homely Yorkshire country house |url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/lifestyle/homes-and-gardens/sale-grand-homely-yorkshire-country-house-239918 |access-date=2 March 2023 |work=The Yorkshire Post |date=21 October 2018}}</ref> Kexbrough lies directly to the west of Darton and is connected by the A637 road, to the M1 at Junction 38.<ref name="OS"/>
==Education== Kexbrough has two schools, Darton Academy, and Kexborough Primary School.<ref>{{cite web |title=Find an inspection report and registered childcare |url=https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/23/146320 |website=reports.ofsted.gov.uk |access-date=2 March 2023 |date=13 August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Kexborough Primary School URN: 143556 |url=https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/143556 |website=reports.ofsted.gov.uk |access-date=2 March 2023 |date=6 November 2020}}</ref>
==See also== *Listed buildings in Darton
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Category:Villages in South Yorkshire Category:Geography of the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley