Kexbrough
Encyclopedia
Kexbrough is a village in the metropolitan borough of Barnsley (part of South Yorkshire
, England
), on the border with West Yorkshire
.
Kexbrough lies directly to the west of Darton
off the A637 road. It is located at approximately 53° 35' North, 1° 32' 30" West, at an elevation of around 110 metres above sea level.
and Bence Lane, which also runs directly overhead on the motorway, except that this road is a housing estate
.
South Yorkshire
South Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It has a population of 1.29 million. It consists of four metropolitan boroughs: Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham, and City of Sheffield...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
), on the border with West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England with a population of 2.2 million. West Yorkshire came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972....
.
Kexbrough lies directly to the west of Darton
Darton
Darton is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley , on the border with West Yorkshire. According to the 2001 UK census, it has a population of approximately 14,927...
off the A637 road. It is located at approximately 53° 35' North, 1° 32' 30" West, at an elevation of around 110 metres above sea level.
Main roads
The main road that runs through the village is the A637 Huddersfield Road, although the other main roads that run through it are Churchfield Lane, which runs across the top of the M1M1 motorway
The M1 is a north–south motorway in England primarily connecting London to Leeds, where it joins the A1 near Aberford. While the M1 is considered to be the first inter-urban motorway to be completed in the United Kingdom, the first road to be built to motorway standard in the country was the...
and Bence Lane, which also runs directly overhead on the motorway, except that this road is a housing estate
Housing estate
A housing estate is a group of buildings built together as a single development. The exact form may vary from country to country. Accordingly, a housing estate is usually built by a single contractor, with only a few styles of house or building design, so they tend to be uniform in appearance...
.
External links
- Y-Pas fish and chip shop (contains link to old photographs of Kexbrough)