Prieuré de Monk Bretton

Le prieuré de Monk Bretton est un prieuré médiéval en ruine situé dans le village de Lundwood et à proximité de Monk Bretton, dans le Yorkshire du Sud, en Angleterre.

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Monk Bretton Priory

Monk Bretton Priory is a ruined medieval priory located in the village of Lundwood, and close to Monk Bretton, South Yorkshire, England.

Lundwood

Lundwood is a village in Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England.

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Priory School and Sports College

Priory School and Sports College was a comprehensive secondary school in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England. In September 2011 it merged with Willowgarth High School to form Shafton Advanced Learning Centre (now Outwood Academy Shafton). It served the area including Lundwood, Monk Bretton, Cudworth and Cundy Cross. The school had a mixed intake of both girls and boys, ages 11–16. It was a state community school, administered by Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council. At the time of its closure in 2011, Bernadette O'Brien was headteacher. The school's student body was divided into up to eight form groups in each year, dependent on the number of students in the year group, resembling the name of the school: P, R, I, O, V, Y, S and C.

Oaks Viaduct

Oaks Viaduct spanned the Dearne Valley, in South Yorkshire, England. The viaduct was 1,087 feet (331 m) long and crossed Pontefract Road at Hoyle Mill, and spanned the Dearne Valley including the Dearne and Dove Canal and the Barnsley Coal Railway. It carried the Midland Railway's Cudworth-Barnsley branch. It opened to goods traffic in 1869 and to passenger traffic in 1870. On the Barnsley side the line gave access to Barnsley Main Colliery. The line also served Monk Bretton Colliery and a stub at the Cudworth end is still used to deliver sand to Redfearn's Glass Works at Monk Bretton. The "Cudworth Flyer" local train from Barnsley, connecting with Midland line trains at Cudworth, passed over the viaduct. The service was withdrawn on 6 June 1958, although a goods train from Carlton Yard continued to run until the closure of Court House Goods station. In 1965, the bridge was deemed unsafe, leading to the withdrawal of all train services and its eventual demolition.

Oaks explosion

The Oaks explosion, which happened at a coal mine in South Yorkshire on 12 December 1866, remains the worst mining disaster in England. A series of explosions caused by firedamp ripped through the underground workings at the Oaks Colliery at Hoyle Mill near Stairfoot in Barnsley killing 361 miners and rescuers. It was the worst mining disaster in the United Kingdom until the 1913 Senghenydd explosion in Wales.