Stainborough - Izeria

Stainborough is a civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England. At the 2001 census it had a population of 399, reducing slightly to 390 at the 2011 Census. The village of Stainborough and Hood Green lie within the Stainborough Civil Parish. Historically, Stainborough was part of the ancient Parish of Silkstone, in the Wapentake of Staincross, in the historic county of Yorkshire West Riding.

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Wentworth Castle

Wentworth Castle is a grade-I listed country house, the former seat of the Earls of Strafford, at Stainborough, near Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England. It is now home to the Northern College for Residential and Community Education. An older house existed on the estate, then called Stainborough, when it was purchased by Thomas Wentworth, Baron Raby (later Earl of Strafford), in 1708. It was still called Stainborough in Jan Kip's engraved bird's-eye view of parterres and avenues, 1714, and in the first edition of Vitruvius Britannicus, 1715. The name was changed in 1731. The original name survives in the form of Stainborough Castle, a sham ruin constructed as a garden folly on the estate. The estate was in the care of the Wentworth Castle Heritage Trust from 2001 to June 2019 and was open to the public year-round seven days a week. Despite massive restoration, the castle gardens were closed to the public in 2017 amidst a funding crisis. In September 2018 it was announced that the National Trust planned to enter into a new partnership with Northern College and Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council to reopen the gardens and parkland to the public. The gardens and parkland reopened to the public on 8 June 2019.

Northern College (England)

Northern College is an adult residential college based at Wentworth Castle in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England.

Obelisk to Lady Mary Wortley Montagu

The Obelisk to Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (or The Sun Monument) is a memorial, dating from c.1736, to Lady Mary Wortley Montagu. It stands in the grounds of Wentworth Castle, Stainborough, South Yorkshire. It is a Grade II* listed structure. Raised by William Wentworth, 2nd Earl of Strafford, it is the only known garden feature created in 18th century England which celebrates "the intellectual achievements of a woman".

Church of St Mary, Worsbrough

The Church of St. Mary is the parish church in Worsbrough Village in South Yorkshire, England. It is a Church of England church in the Diocese of Sheffield. The building is Grade I listed and was built in the 12th century, however evidence of pre-Norman Conquest stonework suggests an older building on this site. Parts of the chancel are early Norman but the church underwent several alterations in the 14th and 15th century including the installing of the south door with its Gothic inscription which dates to 1480. Seventy five miners who were killed in the 1849 Darley Main Colliery disaster in Worsbrough Dale lay buried in the churchyard in a mass grave.