Does anyone know about the village Thurgoland or actuarly live there?

Question

I want to know a bit about Thurgoland because that's my last name, it would be helpful if there were links to websites because i've tried looking through google!

Answer 1

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Thurgoland is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire.The village has one primary school, the Holy Trinity (Church of England) and a Methodist Chapel.

Thurgoland is located on the north side of the River Don, about 7.5 kilometres (4.7 mi) south west of the town of Barnsley and 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) north west of Sheffield City Centre. The village sits on a hill overlooking a bend in the river at about 250 metres (820 ft) above mean sea level.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thurgoland
http://www.thurgolandhistory.org.uk/

Answer 2

Thurgoland is a small village in the Pennines just west of Sheffield. It used to have a railway station but the line between Sheffield and Manchester by this route closed many years ago. used to pass through on the train in the 1960s. It always seemed to be raining!

Answer 3

I live approx' 10 miles away from Thurgoland.

There are quite a few sites on Google with info' about the place....here are a few to get you going.
http://www.thurgoland.org.uk/
http://www.thurgolandhistory.org.uk/thur…
http://www.frithphotos.com/thurgoland/