Kexbrough is a village in the

Barnsley Barnsley () is a market town in South Yorkshire, England. It is the main settlement of the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley and the fourth largest settlement in South Yorkshire. The town's population was 71,422 in 2021, while the wider boroug ...

district, in the county of

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, England, on the border with

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. The village falls within the Darton West ward of Barnsley MBC. It is located west of the

M1 motorway The M1 motorway connects London to Leeds, where it joins the A1(M) motorway, A1(M) near Aberford, to connect to Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle. It was the first inter-urban motorway to be completed in the UK; the first motorway in the count ...

, just south of Junction 38 at an elevation of around above sea level. Historically the village was known as Kexborough, and includes the hamlets of Haigh and Swithin. Until 1974 it was in the

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History

Kexbrough is mentioned in the

Domesday Book Domesday Book ( ; the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book") is a manuscript record of the Great Survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 at the behest of William the Conqueror. The manuscript was originally known by ...

as belonging to Ilbert of Lacey, and having two villagers, a meadow, ploughlands and six furlongs of woodland. Historically in the parish of Darton and the

wapentake A hundred is an administrative division that is geographically part of a larger region. It was formerly used in England, Wales, some parts of the United States, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway, and in Cumberland County in the British Colony of ...

of Staincross, the village is recorded in the Domesday Book as ''Chizeburg'', being ''Kesseburgh'' in the 14th century, and ''Kexbrough'' by the 1580s. The place name is derived from a combination of a personal name, and ''burh'', which meant a fortified place. The village is just west of the M1 motorway, about above sea level, being some north-west of Barnsley, and south of

Wakefield Wakefield is a cathedral city in West Yorkshire, England located on the River Calder. The city had a population of 109,766 in the 2021 census, up from 99,251 in the 2011 census. The city is the administrative centre of the wider Metropolit ...

. Kexbrough was formerly a

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in the parish of

Darton Darton is a large village in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley (part of South Yorkshire), on the border with West Yorkshire, England. At the time of the 2001 UK census, it had a population of 14,927, increasing to 21,345 for both Darton War ...

, in 1866 Kexbrough became a separate civil parish, on 1 April 1938 the parish was abolished and merged with Darton. In 1931 the parish had a population of 1673.

Transport

Kexbrough is served by local and Express buses to Barnsley Interchange via Baurgh Green or

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as well as longer distance services to

and

Leeds Leeds is a city in West Yorkshire, England. It is the largest settlement in Yorkshire and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds Metropolitan Borough, which is the second most populous district in the United Kingdom. It is built aro ...

. Bus companies that operate in Kexbrough are Stagecoach and Globe Coaches. Bus routes are 93,93a,95,95a,96,96a and X10. The nearest railway station is

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on the

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. Kexbrough lies directly to the west of

and is connected by the

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, to the M1 at Junction 38.

Education

Kexbrough has two schools,

Darton Academy Darton Academy is a coeducational secondary school located in Darton in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England. The school provides education for more than 1,200 pupils in Years 7 to 11. The school is located to the nort ...

, and Kexborough Primary School.

References

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History

Transport

Education

See also

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