| Langsett | |
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 View from Gilbert Hill | |
  Langsett Location within South Yorkshire | |
| Population | 222 (2011) |
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| Metropolitan borough | |
| Metropolitan county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | SHEFFIELD |
| Postcode district | S36 |
| Dialling code | 01226 |
| Police | South Yorkshire |
| Fire | South Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| UK Parliament | |
Langsett is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England. It lies on the edge of the Peak District National Park. At the 2001 census it had a population of 161, [1] increasing to 222 at the 2011 Census. [2]
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The name Langsett derives from the Old English langsīde meaning "long hill slope". [3]
In the early medieval period, Langsett was known as Penisale. It held a royal charter entitling it to hold a weekly market on Tuesdays and an annual three-day fair, but these were held somewhere in the country rather than in the village itself. The market charter was later used to start a market in Penistone. [4]
A tradition associates the location of Penisale market with a cross near the junction of Cross Lane and Hartcliffe Road. This theory is rejected by Neville T. Sharpe, who holds that this was a wayside cross used as a guide by travellers. [5]
In chronostratigraphy, the British sub-stage of the Carboniferous period, the 'Langsettian' derives its name from a study of geological exposures in the banks of the Little Don River near Langsett. [6]
Langsett was historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire in the Wapentake of Staincross, an area that almost corresponds with the modern day Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley. [7]
The Peak District Boundary Walk runs through the village. [8]
