History of some of our local place names
Place names often tell a story... Here are a few of our local ones:
| Cumberworth | Cumbra’s Enclosure |
| Emley | Emma’s field |
| High Hoyland | High land on a ridge |
| Cawthorne | A cold place with a thorn tree |
| Clayton West | Farmstead on clay |
| Scissett | Celia’s farmstead |
| Denby | Danish Settlement |
| Skelmanthorpe | Skelmar’s farm |
| West Bretton | British farmstead |