Staincross Wapentake

Staincross was a Wapentake, which was an administrative division (or ancient district), in the historic county of the West Riding of Yorkshire. It consisted of seven parishes, and included the towns of Barnsley, Wombwell, Penistone, Hoyland, Worsbrough and Hemsworth. The area almost corresponds with the modern day Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley.

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