Barnsley

Barnsley, or Barnesly, a market town and municipal borough in the West Riding of Yorkshire, 18 miles N. of Sheffield, near the river Dearne, and on the Midland, the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincoln, and the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railways. Damasks, drills, linen yarns, and glass are the staple manufactures. There are large bleaching grounds. The neighbourhood is rich in iron and coal, the coal-field extending under the town itself. It gives its name to a Parliamentary division of the county.