Wombwell
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Wombwell is a small town near Barnsley
Barnsley
Barnsley 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...

, located in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley
Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley
The Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley is a metropolitan borough of the metropolitan county of South Yorkshire, England. Its main town is Barnsley....

 in South Yorkshire
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. It has a population of 15,180.

Its name's origin may mean "Womba's Well", or "well in a hollow".

Wombwell railway station
Wombwell railway station
Wombwell railway station lies in Wombwell, a town south of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England. The station is north of Sheffield on the Hallam and Penistone Lines...

 (formerly Wombwell West) serves the Penistone
Penistone Line
The Penistone Line is operated by Northern Rail in the West Yorkshire Metro/ Travel South Yorkshire area of northern England. It connects Huddersfield and Sheffield via Penistone and Barnsley, serving many rural communities...

 and Hallam
Hallam Line
The Hallam Line is the name given to rail services operated by Northern Rail, in the West Yorkshire Metro/ Travel South Yorkshire area of northern England which connect Leeds and Sheffield via Barnsley. It is the slower of the two routes between Leeds and Sheffield, with faster services provided...

 lines. Until 1959 it had another station (Wombwell Central
Wombwell Central railway station
Wombwell Central railway station was a railway station situated on the South Yorkshire Railway company's line between Mexborough and Barnsley. The station lay between Wath Central and Stairfoot...

) on the Barnsley-Doncaster line that was closed when that line lost its passenger service.
Wombwell was home to two collieries, Wombwell main and Mitchells main.

Wombwell is close to the large shopping and leisure facilities of Cortonwood
Cortonwood
Cortonwood Colliery was sunk in 1873, a year after the formation of the Brampton Colliery Company, which took its name from the local parish of Brampton Bierlow, near Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England....

, and also has a number of local business' from cafes to travel agents like Travel Empire and High Street Chains like Wilkinson's, on its High Street.

Education

  • Wombwell High School
    Wombwell High School
    Wombwell High School is a state school in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England....

    , a Humanities College
  • St Michael and All Angels Catholic Primary School, located on Stonyford Road, was established in 1903
  • Kings Oak Primary Learning Centre, established in 2007 from a merger of Kings Road Infant School and Oakfield Junior School
  • High View Primary Learning Centre, established in 2007 from a merger of Highfields Junior School and Wood View Infant School
  • Park Street Primary Learning Centre

Sport

Speedway racing took place at the South Yorkshire Sports Stadium. Wombwell entered a team in the 1930 Northern League. The sport was revived and operated in 1947 and 1948 when the Colliers raced in the National League Third Division.
Speedway National League Division Three
The National League Division Three was the third division of Speedway in the United Kingdom. The league was created as a third tier in 1947 but ran for only 5 years. In 1952 it was replaced by more regional leagues such as the Southern League.-References:...

  South Yorkshire Sports Stadium was redeveloped and is now the site of an industrial estate.

Wombwell Sports Stadium is close to the site of the former South Yorkshire Sports Stadium, and is now the home of the South Yorkshire Kart Club, an MSA affiliated Kart racing club and also Wombwell R/C Model Car Club, a BRCA affiliated Radio Control car racing club. Wombwell FC share the same venue and part of the kart track runs parallel to and the length of the football pitch.

Wombwell Sporting AC train on the athletics track. The club has seen an upsurge in membership over recent years and the senior team has just been promoted to division 3 in the Northern Athletics League. Some notable athletes from Wombwell SAC have been Angela Thorpe (who holds national records in the 100m Hurdles and Michael Stanton (who has competed at the UK School Games in 2007 & 2008). Wombwell Athletic Club Website

Wombwell Main CC represent the town at cricket and the 1st XI currently (2008) play in the Pontefract section of the Yorkshire Cricket Council.

Wombwell is home to Wombwell Cricket Lovers' Society, a nationally renowned society with links to Yorkshire C.C.C.
Yorkshire County Cricket Club
Yorkshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Yorkshire as one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure....

.

Mark Jones
Mark Jones (footballer)
Mark Jones was an English footballer and one of eight Manchester United players to lose their lives in the Munich air disaster...

, one of the eight Manchester United
Manchester United F.C.
Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.The 1958...

 players who died in the Munich air disaster
Munich air disaster
The Munich air disaster occurred on 6 February 1958, when British European Airways Flight 609 crashed on its third attempt to take off from a slush-covered runway at Munich-Riem Airport in Munich, West Germany. On board the plane was the Manchester United football team, nicknamed the "Busby Babes",...

 of 6 February 1958, is buried in Wombwell Cemetery.http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Jones&GSfn=Mark&GSbyrel=in&GSdyrel=in&GSob=n&GRid=14760658&

Roy Kilner
Roy Kilner
Roy Kilner was an English professional cricketer who played nine Test matches for England between 1924 and 1926. An all-rounder, he played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club between 1911 and 1927. In all first-class matches, he scored 14,707 runs at an average of 30.01 and took 1,003 wickets at an...

, Yorkshire CCC and England cricketer was born in Wombwell and is buried in Wombwell cemetery.

Earliest recorded Scry

William Byg of Wombwell alias Lech is credited with the first ever recorded case of Scrying
Scrying
Scrying is a magic practice that involves seeing things psychically in a medium, usually for purposes of obtaining spiritual visions and less often for purposes of divination or fortune-telling. The most common media used are reflective, translucent, or luminescent substances such as crystals,...

 in modern Europe. This confession was recorded on August 22, 1467. He was said to have earned a living by finding stolen property with the help of his crystal ball for over 2 years. He was eventually charged with heresy. Scholars have researched and examined Byg's description of his scrying up to recent times. His description matches many scrys works and procedures after him, so by large his work is considered authentic.

Floods

Parts of Wombwell were affected by the 2007 floods in the UK. The River Dove breached its banks on Friday June 15 and then again on Monday June 25. Many homes and businesses were flooded.

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