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Chapel Court, BARNSLEY, S71 5FA

As the architecture suggests it was once a chapel serving the local community.

Just above the park at Ardsley is one of the village's oldest lanes.

The A635 descends into a small valley off the Dearne Valley. This is effectively the beginning of the Barnsley conurbation.

In Ardsley Christ Church graveyard. Though largely forgotten in national consciousness the fatal explosion at the Oaks Colliery near Barnsley was for fifty years the worst coal mine disaster in British history. It happened on 12th December 1866 and claimed the lives of 361 men and boys. Of course the effects upon local communities was horrendous. For more information see:- http://www.healeyhero.co.uk/rescue/pits/Oak.htm

In Ardsley Christ Church graveyard. Though largely forgotten in national consciousness the fatal explosion at the Oaks Colliery near Barnsley was for fifty years the worst coal mine disaster in British history. As the inscription indicates, it happened on 12th December 1866 and claimed the lives of 361 men and boys. Over twenty rescuers were killed on December 13th. Of course the effects upon local communities was horrendous. For more information see:- http://www.healeyhero.co.uk/rescue/pits/Oak.htm

This is the A635 between Doncaster and Barnsley, now descending towards Barnsley.

Is this the only cycle through McDonald's on the trail?

Opened in 1851 As "Ardsley" by the South Yorkshire Railway, later part of the Manchester Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway, on the line from Doncaster to Barnsley. The station was renamed "Stairfoot" in 1870 but then closed a little over a year later when it was replaced by another, immediately behind the camera position. View south east along the track-bed towards Wombwell Central and Doncaster. No trace of the station now remains and it is a public footpath.