Elsecar

Elsecar
Holy Trinity Parish Church in Elsecar
Elsecar
Elsecar shown within South Yorkshire
Population	2,500 (2001)
OS grid reference	SE389001
• London	145 mi (233 km) S
District	Barnsley
Shire county	South Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BARNSLEY
Postcode district	S74
Dialling code	01226
Police	South Yorkshire
Fire	South Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
EU Parliament	Yorkshire and the Humber
UK Parliament	Barnsley East
List of places UK England Yorkshire 53°29′46″N 1°24′43″W / 53.496°N 1.412°W / 53.496; -1.412Coordinates: 53°29′46″N 1°24′43″W / 53.496°N 1.412°W / 53.496; -1.412

Elsecar ⁱ/ˈɛlsᵻkɑːr/ is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England. Like many villages in the area, it was for many years a colliery village until the widespread pit closures during the 1980s. Elsecar is near the town of Hoyland and the villages of Jump and Wentworth. Elsecar is 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south of Hoyland, 6 miles (9.7 km) south of Barnsley and 8 miles (13 km) north-east of Sheffield. The village falls within the Barnsley MBC Ward of Hoyland Milton.

Elsecar is unique as a name. It is thought to derive from the Old English personal name of Aelfsige (mentioned in Cartulary of Nostell Priory, 1259–66) and the Old Norse word kjarr, used to denote a marsh or brushwood.

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Elsecar as having a population of 1912 and 353 dwelling places.

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