{{short description|Village and civil parish in South Yorkshire, England}} {{Distinguish|Thurstonland}} {{use British English|date=November 2018}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox UK place | static_image_name = Thurgoland boundary stone 2016.jpg | static_image_width = | static_image_caption = Boundary stone on the A629 | country = England | official_name = Thurgoland | coordinates = {{coord|53.5054|-1.5635|scale:10000|display=inline,title}} | population = 1,969 | population_ref = (2001 Census)<ref name="NOMIS">{{NOMIS2011|id=1170210869|title=Thurgoland Parish|accessdate=1 November 2018}}</ref> | metropolitan_borough = Barnsley | civil_parish = Thurgoland | metropolitan_county = South Yorkshire | post_town = SHEFFIELD | postcode_area = S | postcode_district = S35 | region = Yorkshire and the Humber | constituency_westminster = Penistone and Stocksbridge | os_grid_reference = SE 290 010 | website = http://www.thurgoland.org.uk/ }} '''Thurgoland''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|θ|ɜːr|ɡ|ə|l|ə|n|d}}, {{respell|THUR|gə|lənd}}) is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England, on the A629 road.
The village is 5 miles from Barnsley, the nearest major town.
Nearby Crane Moor and Huthwaite are also part of the Thurgoland C.P.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/reg/districts/barnsley.html|title=Barnsley Registration District|website=www.ukbmd.org.uk|accessdate=6 September 2025}}</ref>
According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 1,801, increasing to 1,969 at the 2011 Census.<ref name="NOMIS" />
==Buildings== thumb|left|Crossroads with the Green Dragon Inn The village has one primary school, and Holy Trinity Church, Thurgoland (Church of England), built in 1870. There are three public houses: The Horse & Jockey, The Green Dragon and The Bridge Inn. There are several listed buildings on Huthwaite Lane, including Huthwaite Hall (1748) designed by John Carr. There is a recreational ground at the centre of the village, by the village hall and the youth centre. Thurgoland Junior School is ranked second in the local league table.
==History== The earliest known written record of Thurgoland is in the Domesday Book of 1086, in which it is referred to as ''Turgesland''. The name is of Old Norse origin and may mean 'Cultivated land of a man called Thorgeirr'.<ref>{{cite book|last=Goodall|first=Armitage|title=Place-Names of South-West Yorkshire|url=https://archive.org/details/cu31924028042988|publisher=Cambridge University Press|location=Cambridge|year=1914|page=[https://archive.org/details/cu31924028042988/page/n293 282]|chapter=Thurgoland, Thurlstone, Thurstonland|oclc=5809268}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Mills|first=A. D.|title=A Dictionary of English Place-Names|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=Oxford|year=2003|chapter=Thurgoland}}</ref> Other sources claim derivation from the Anglian ‘The fee farm in the Ga of Thor’ – meaning the rented farm on the land named in honour of the god Thor.
Thurgoland is historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire. The village was part of the ancient parish of Silkstone in the Wapentake of Staincross.
In the 1840s the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway was built running past the village. A station was opened at Thurgoland in December 1845, but closed 11 months later. The two-mile-long Thurgoland Coal Branch opened on 24 November 1847 to serve the nearby Stanhope Silkstone Main Colliery.<ref>{{cite book|last=Slaughter|first=Mihill|title=Railway intelligence|publisher=W. H. Smith & Son|location=London|year=1849|page=31|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TnkOAAAAQAAJ}}</ref>
Thurgoland was a centre for wire drawing mills. There were three wire mills in the parish: Old Wire Mill is thought to date from 1624, New Wire Mill was built around 1717, and Thurgoland Tilt Mill was operating in the 19th century.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.topforge.co.uk/Other%20Ind%20-%20Index.htm|title=Historical Industries in the River Don Valley Surrounding Wortley Top Forge|work=Wortley Top Forge & Industrial Museum website|publisher=South Yorkshire Industrial History Society and South Yorkshire Trades Historical Trust|accessdate=17 January 2009}}</ref>
==Governance== Thurgoland is a civil parish and local issues are governed by a parish council, one of 17 such councils in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.barnsley.gov.uk/bguk/Council_Democracy/Your_Right_to_Know/Parish_Town_Councils/Parish_and_Town_Councils_in_the_Barnsley_Borough|title=Parish and Town Councils in the Barnsley Borough|publisher=Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council|accessdate=17 January 2009|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081012070541/http://www.barnsley.gov.uk/bguk/Council_Democracy/Your_Right_to_Know/Parish_Town_Councils/Parish_and_Town_Councils_in_the_Barnsley_Borough|archivedate=12 October 2008}}</ref> It is in the Penistone East Ward of the Borough, which is represented on the Borough Council by John Wilson, Robert Barnard, and Paul Hand-Davis, all members of the Conservative Party.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.barnsley.gov.uk/bguk/Community/Your_Councillors|title=Members of the Council|work=Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council website|publisher=Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council|accessdate=17 January 2009}}</ref> This ward became part of the new Penistone and Stocksbridge parliamentary constituency in the House of Commons in 2010 and is currently represented by Labour MP Marie Tidball.
==Geography== Thurgoland is located on the north side of the River Don, about {{convert|7.5|km|mi|sigfig=2|order=flip}} south-west of Barnsley Town Centre and {{convert|17.7|km|mi|sigfig=2|order=flip}} north-west of Sheffield City Centre. The village sits on a hill overlooking a bend in the river at about {{convert|250|m|ft|order=flip}} above mean sea level.<ref name="OS">{{cite web|url=http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/getamap/|title=Grid reference SE 290 010|work=Get A Map|publisher=Ordnance Survey|accessdate=17 January 2009}}</ref>
==Demography== At the time of the 2011 Census the population of Thurgoland civil parish was 1,969 people.<ref name="NOMIS"/> The ethnic mix was 98.2% white (White British, White Irish, or White Other), 0.4% Asian, 0.2% Black, Caribbean and 0.2% other.
Below is a table outlining population change of the parish since 1911.
{| class="wikitable" style="clear:both;" !Year |1911 |1921 |1931 |1951 |1961 |1971 |2001 |- !Population |1,571 |1,623 |1,516 |1,437 |1,551 |1,421 |1,801 |- | colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:90%;width: 100em"|''Source: A Vision of Britain through Time''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/data_cube_table_page.jsp?data_theme=T_POP&data_cube=N_TPop&u_id=10472064&c_id=10001043&add=N |title=Thurgoland Tg/CP: Total Population |accessdate=17 January 2008 |work=A Vision of Britain Through Time |publisher=Great Britain Historical GIS Project }}</ref> |}
==Transport== The main road transport route through Thurgoland is the A629.<ref name="OS" /> The closest motorway route is the M1 motorway, which passes to the east of the village. South Pennine Community Transport operates bus routes through the village, linking it to Barnsley, Stocksbridge, Penistone, Sheffield and Stainborough as well as the surrounding villages.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.travelsouthyorkshire.com/Templates/timetable_search.aspx?NRMODE=Published&NRNODEGUID=%7b9ECE5E92-9E4F-46A0-9BA4-FACE75B2B5B1%7d&NRORIGINALURL=%2ftimetables%2f&NRCACHEHINT=NoModifyGuest|title=Bus timetables for Thurgoland|work=Travel South Yorkshire|publisher=South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive|accessdate=17 January 2009}}</ref> The closest mainline railway stations are at Penistone and Silkstone Common.
== Notable people == * Thomas Brooks MBE, JP (1880–1958), a British coal miner, politician, MP and spiritualist * Lieutenant Commander Eugene Esmonde, VC, DSO (1909–1942), a distinguished Irish pilot in the Fleet Air Arm who was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross (VC)
==See also== *Listed buildings in Thurgoland
==References and notes== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category-inline|Thurgoland}}
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Category:Thurgoland Category:Villages in South Yorkshire Category:Civil parishes in South Yorkshire Category:Geography of the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley Category:Towns and villages of the Peak District