Gunthwaite is a hamlet in the civil parish of Gunthwaite and Ingbirchworth, in the metropolitan borough of

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. The settlement can be traced back over 1,000 years. Gunthwaite Barn - geograph

Within the parish is located Gunthwaite Hall, former seat of the Bosville family. Its 16th century

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close-studded cruck barn is still in agricultural use and has been described as "one of the glories of the parish". Also to be found nearby is Gunthwaite Spa, a sulphur-rich spring whose waters emerge from a pipe set in a stone recess by the side of Carr Lane. Here, the old practice of celebrating Spaw Sunday still survives to this day. Gunthwaite was formerly a

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in the parish of

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, in 1866 Gunthwaite became a separate civil parish, on 1 April 1938 the parish was abolished and merged with Ingbirchworth to form "Gunthwaite and Ingbirchworth". In 1931 the parish had a population of 64.

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Hamlets in South Yorkshire Former civil parishes in South Yorkshire Geography of the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley {{SouthYorkshire-geo-stub

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