Hoyland is a
townA town is a type of settlement ranging from a few hundred to several thousand inhabitants, although it may be applied loosely even to huge metropolitan areas; the precise meaning varies between countries and is not always a matter of legal definition...
near
BarnsleyBarnsley is a town in South Yorkshire, England. It lies on the River Dearne, north of the city of Sheffield, south of Leeds and west of Doncaster. Barnsley is surrounded by several smaller settlements which together form the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, of which Barnsley is the largest and...
in
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. The town developed from the hamlets of Upper Hoyland, Hoyland, and Hoyland Common.
The town has also been known as
Nether Hoyland. That name was given to it when to prevent confusion with
High HoylandHigh Hoyland is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England, on the border with West Yorkshire. It lies to the west of Kexbrough, and is located at approximately , at an elevation of around 200 metres above sea level. At the 2001 census it had a...
. When the
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was formed the name they used was
Hoyland Nether Urban District Council. This was also applied to the area run by Hoyland UDC. However, most locals have always known it simply as Hoyland.
Hoyland is part of the metropolitan borough of Barnsley in the
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of
South YorkshireSouth 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 the city of Sheffield...
, but it lies within the
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of
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. It has a population of 15,497.
Hoyland Nether Urban District Council
Hoyland Nether UDC was formed in 1894. Its jurisdiction covered
ElsecarElsecar is a village forming part of the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England. Like many villages in the area, it was for many years a coal mining village until the widespread pit closures during the 1980s. Elsecar is next to the villages of Hoyland and Jump.Elsecar is...
, Hoyland Common, Platts Common and Skiers Hall, (until 1938, when boundary changes took place Alderthwaite and part of Harley, were administered by Hoyland. This land was exchanged with Rotherham RDC for some land in Brampton Bierlow, which included the site of Elsecar Main colliery) as well as Hoyland itself. It lasted until 1974 at which point it was merged into Barnsley MBC. The town hall is still standing and is used for offices and the local job centre.
Recently the town centre received funding for a makeover of its Central square, the out-dated wooden fixtures and concrete/brick flower beds were removed and replaced by white stone modern and metallic benches and foliage. This revival improved the look of the town along with a regenerated more secure market place hopefully bringing more money into this otherwise deprived community.
This revival has been helped by the opening of Hoyland's first Indian restaurant, Elachi, in Milton Road, a £450,000 investment by Sham Hussain who also owns the Spice of India restaurant, in Barnsley.
Hoyland is currently serviced by several schools. These are Greenfield, St Helens, Springwood and others in neighbouring communities such as jump and Hoyland common which is under going an expensive redevelopment costing several million.
It was also home to an ironworks known as Milton Forge. It was linked with the coal mines in elsecar but both the mines and forge have been closed for many years. There is now little evidence that it ever existed except clues nearby place names. The nearby roads are Millhouses street, Millmount road, Milton road and there is a pub nearby called the Furnace. Also the site now has a large playing field locally known as the Forge. It has a skate part, playing area, 2 full size football fields and 5-a-side football court.
The town is home to an 18th Century folly called
Lowe StandLowe Stand is an 18th-century folly built for Thomas Watson-Wentworth, 1st Marquess of Rockingham, and likely originally intended as a hunting lodge. It is situated in the South Yorkshire town of Hoyland, southeast of Barnsley. Today the stand is a Grade II listed building but is in a fairly...
, more often referred to in documents as Law Stand, built as a lookout and hunting lodge shortly before his death by the first Marquess of Rockingham, at the highest point in the area some 593ft above sea level. On the sloping ground below this folly is Upper Hoyland Hall, the former home of a notable family of yeoman farmers, the Townends, who owned extensive land in Hoyland. Among Hoyland's remaining notable older residences and former residences are Hoyland Hall, a late Geogian property, situated in a small park off Market Street and onetime home to William Vizard, first owner of Hoyland Silkstone Colliery, who was also attorney to Queen Caroline at her celebrated trial in the House of Lords. Also in or off Market Street are Kirk House, Kirk Cottage, Bark House, Thistle House and Riversdale. Netherfield House is situated near the town centre and Hoyland's oldest known surviving residence and onetime the home of a Townend, being in recent years used as a dentist's, is situated in West Street (formerly Finkle Street). Many of Hoyland's fine Georgian properties, consisting of cottages, shops and chapels were demolished in the 1960's and 70's. Hoyland, however, has been singled out as the subject of a planned renaissance and much building is scheduled to take place during the decade to come.
Education
- Greenfields Primary School, head
A head teacher, headteacher, head master or head mistress is the most senior teacher and leader of a school in the United Kingdom and elsewhere....
is A.Ralph, formerly R.Young,
- Hoyland Common Primary School, head is P.Sylvester
- Hoyland Springwood Primary School, head master is J.Wroe
- Hoyland West Meadows Primary School, head is Mrs Marsh
- Kirk Balk Technology College, head is V.Malcolm
- St Helen's Catholic Primary School, founded in 1897, head is P.Harrison
Kirk Balk Technology College will in the next few years be demolished as part of plan from Barnsley Council. With over £1 billion funding all 13 of Barnsley's secondary schools will be either rebuilt or refurbished. Kirk Balk will be renamed Kirk Balk Advanced Learning Centre and built on the site of the playing fields and rugby pitch. Work has been planned to start in the summer holidays of 2009. The company doing the project is Laing O'Rourke and they are set to be finished at Easter 2011 and have the old school demolished in 2012.
Notable residents
- Barry Hines
Barry Hines, FRSL is a British author who has written several popular novels and television scripts.-Early life:Born in the mining village of Hoyland Common near Barnsley, England, he attended Ecclesfield Grammar School. He first worked in surveying and played football...
, writer, was born and raised in the town
- Brian Wildsmith
Brian Wildsmith is a children's book illustrator, who won the Kate Greenaway Medal in 1962 for his illustration work in the book A.B.C.-External links:*...
, Artist specialising in illustrating childrens' books. Enjoys a world-wide reputation for his colourful and imaginative work mostly published by Oxford University Press. Born and brought-up in Hoyland Common and educated at St.Helen's Catholic School Hoyland.
- Rod Clarke
Rod Clarke is a Canadian railway and aviation author, enthusiast and publisher.- Biography :Clarke is a retired professional engineer who was born in Hoyland Common, Yorkshire into a coalmining family and attended Ecclesfield Grammar School, Sheffield and Sowerby Bridge Grammar School. He...
, engineer and writer, educated at Hoyland Common Junior School, Ecclesfield Grammar School, Sowerby Bridge Grammar School and City University. His great-great-great-great-grandfather, James Burtoft, first came to Hoyland Common from Lincolnshire in about 1745 and the family lived at Law Foot for over 200 years. Became Chief Engineer of Pickering Nuclear Generating Station, Ontario; Canadian representative on IAEA Environmental Panel, Vienna. Since retirement has written on Canadian aviation and railway history. Lives in Whitby, Ontario.
- Roland Priddle, Economist, Educated at Hoyland Common Junior School, Ecclesfield Grammar School and Cambridge University. Became Chairman of the National Energy Board of Canada. Currently following his retirement, he is an international energy consultant and lives in Ottawa.
- Geoffrey Howse, actor, author and local historian, was brought up in Elsecar and Hoyland. He has written three books about the Hoyland area and several others about South Yorkshire, including some True Crime titles. Geoffrey has over twenty published books to his credit. Although he is mainly resident in London he spends some of each year in Hoyland, researching and writing.
- Steven Hickman, botanist and horticulturalist was brought up in Hoyland. He attended Askham Bryan College of Agriculture and Horticulture and was onetime resident at the University Botanical Gardens, Cambridge. He developed projects in Saudi Arabia, the Gilbert Islands and Hong Kong before returning to Hoyland, where he is an acclaimed grower of Agapanthus and Tulbagia and currently holds the 'National Collection'. At the 2009 Chelsea Flower Show, Steven was awarded Silver Gilt for his display of Agapanthus and Tulbaghia and has achieved Gold medals at many other shows throughout the country, including the prestigious 'Hampton Court Palace Flower Show'
- Sheila Margaret Ottley, author, was born and brought up in Hoyland. She has the distinction of being the first ever pupil at Ecclesfield Grammar School to attend Oxford, where she obtained an Honours Degree in English Language and Literature at St Hugh's College, Oxford
St Hugh's College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford, England, located on St Margaret's Road, North Oxford. It was founded in 1886 as a women's college, and accepted its first male students in 1986. As of 2006 the college had an estimated financial endowment of £27 million...
. For many years she ran the library at a United Steel Companies research centre in Sheffield. As Margaret Ottley she has contributed articles to many magazines and periodicals since the 1930's. Her 'While Martha Told The Hours (A South Yorkshire Tapestry) was published in 1988. She has also written guide books for Hoyland's St Andrew's Church and for Holy Trinity Church, Elsecar.
- Elizabeth Gale, soprano. Born on 8 November 1948, Elizabeth grew up in Hoyland, living then at Strathmore on West Bank, West Street. She became internationally famous as an opera singer and still has an enormous following.
- Derek Rogers, artist and illustrator. Brought up at the Lyndons, Milton Road, Hoyland, Derek was one among the first intake when Kirk Balk School became Comprehensive, along with Geoffrey Howse qv and Steven Hickman qv. After doing a one year foundation course at Barnsley School of Art he took a BA at Hornsey School of Art, followed by an MA at the the Royal College of Art
The Royal College of Art is the world’s only wholly postgraduate university of art and design, offering the degrees of MA, MPhil and PhD...
. Derek occasionally visits Hoyland and currently lives in Hampshire.
- Arthur O'Loughlin, retired, undefeated World Kickboxing champion, was brought up in Manor Way, Hoyland. Arthur now lives in Elsecar with his wife, Christine and owns Locky's, a bar situated in nearby Wombwell
Wombwell is a small town near Barnsley, located in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England. It has a population of 15,180.Wombwell railway station serves the Penistone and Hallam Lines...
.
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