Gawber

Gawber
Gawber
 Gawber shown within South Yorkshire
OS grid referenceSE323072
Metropolitan boroughBarnsley
Metropolitan county South Yorkshire
RegionYorkshire and the Humber
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town BARNSLEY
Postcode district S75
Dialling code 01226
Police South Yorkshire
Fire South Yorkshire
Ambulance Yorkshire
EU Parliament Yorkshire and the Humber
UK ParliamentBarnsley Central
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Coordinates: 53°33′38″N 1°30′48″W / 53.5606°N 1.5132°W / 53.5606; -1.5132

Gawber is an area of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England.[1][2] The area falls within the Darton West ward of the Barnsley MBC. There is a Primary School, Gawber Primary School. There is a Pre-School, Gawber Pre-School

The origin of the place-name is from the Old English words galga and beorg meaning gallows hill and appears as Galgbergh in 1304.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 110 Sheffield & Huddersfield (Glossop & Holmfirth) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2012. ISBN 9780319231876.
  2. ↑ "Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer" (csv (download)). www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  3. ↑ Mills, A.D. (2011) [first published 1991]. A Dictionary of British Place Names (First edition revised 2011 ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 202. ISBN 9780199609086.

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