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Geography
Staincross lies off the A61 road, about three miles north west of Barnsley. The A61 is a major Trunk road in England. It runs from Derby to Thirsk in North Yorkshire. A mile is a unit of Length, usually used to measure Distance, in a number of different systems including Imperial units United States Barnsley is a town in South Yorkshire, England. It lies on the River Dearne, north of the city of Sheffield, and west of Doncaster It is located at approximately Coordinates: , and at an elevation of around 125 metres above sea level. A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International Mean sea level (MSL is the average (mean height of the Sea, with reference to a suitable reference surface
History
The name is believed to be derived from a Saxon stone cross ('stane cross') that until the 18th Century occupied a position on the junction of Staincross Common - which in itself is an ancient trackway - and Greenside. The stone, now lost, may have been the remains of a rural shrine. [1]
Postal Recognition
After a prolonged campaign (backed by former Test cricket umpire, Dickie Bird, a resident of Staincross), a ballot was held in January 2003 to determine whether the residents of Staincross wanted their mail to include the name of the village. Harold Dennis Bird MBE, commonly known as "Dickie" Bird (born in Barnsley, Yorkshire on April 19, 1933) is a [2] Prior to the ballot, Staincross mail bore the name of a neighbouring village, either Mapplewell or Darton. Mapplewell is a village within the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, in South Yorkshire, England. Darton is a Village in the metropolitan borough of Barnsley (part of South Yorkshire, England) on the border with West Yorkshire Indeed it is unclear where the boundaries between the three villages lie. Villagers voted overwhelmingly in favour of the proposal by 966 to 199 [3] and Royal Mail implemented changes to officially recognise the village. Royal Mail is the national postal service of the United Kingdom.
Trivia
The section of the A61 between Staincross and Newmillerdam is rated in the top three most dangerous roads in Britain according to a survey conducted by The AA Motoring Trust. Newmillerdam is a small Village in the County of West Yorkshire, England, near Wakefield, although the name more usually refers to The IAM Motoring Trust is an independent road safety organisation and an arm of the Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM [4]
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References
- ^ Staincross Common
- ^ BBC NEWS | England | Villagers vote on postal change
- ^ Postcomm Consulation (see page 61). Postcomm Website. Retrieved on 2007-08-27. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 479 BC - Greco-Persian Wars: Persian forces led by Mardonius are routed by Pausanias, the Spartan
- ^ http://217.174.251.13/library/pdfs/20060531_UK_risk_map_results.pdf (See Page 14)
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