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Gunthwaite Hall


Gunthwaite is a hamlet in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England. It is in the civil parish of Gunthwaite and Ingbirchworth and on the boundary of Kirklees in West Yorkshire. At the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 400, increasing to 460 at the 2011 Census.

The settlement can be traced back over 1,000 years.

Gunthwaite is home to Gunthwaite Hall and its 16th century Grade I listed close-studded cruck barn which is still in agricultural use and has been described as "one of the glories of the parish." Also to be found nearby is Gunthwaite Spa, a sulphur-rich spring whose waters emerge from a pipe set in a stone recess by the side of Carr Lane. Here, the old practice of celebrating Spaw Sunday still survives to this day.

Coordinates: 53°33′N 1°38′W / 53.550°N 1.633°W / 53.550; -1.633



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