Editing Goldthorpe (section)

==History==

Early prehistoric pottery, a flint flake, Bronze Age cremation sites and Romano-British ditches and field systems have been found in the Goldthorpe area suggesting ancient occupation of the area over a long period of time.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.northernarchaeologicalassociates.co.uk/profile/47-GLD.htm|title=Goldthorpe, South Yorkshire|website=www.northernarchaeologicalassociates.co.uk|accessdate=4 December 2017}}</ref>

In the early 18th century, Barnsley [[Lawyer|Attorney]] William Henry Marsden [[Esquire]] of [[Burntwood Hall]] bought the Manor of [[Bolton on Dearne]] with Goldthorpe for £10,000 including over {{convert|1000|acre|km2}} of land. Goldthorpe is recorded in the 1761–1767 [[Inclosure]] Awards. The Marsden family held the manor until 1815.

[[St John and St Mary Magdalene Church, Goldthorpe]], built in 1916, is an early example of a [[ferro-concrete]] building. According to [[Nikolaus Pevsner]], the pulpit bought by the church in 1931 is 18th-century [[Flanders|Flemish]].

Goldthorp, Goldthorpe, Gouldthorpe and all variations of this surname, derive from this placename. A marriage took place in 1361, when Robert de Goldthorpe alias Robertson, son of Robert Lord of the Manor of Goldthorpe married Esabul de Shepley daughter of William de Shepley, half heiress with her sister Dionyssia to the Manor of Shepley. Descendants with the surname Goldthorpe were the major land owners for almost 200 years, until the final heir sold the land and left the area. Cadet branches remained in the Huddersfield area for many centuries mainly as wool weavers.

The significant industry in the area for much of the 19th and 20th century was coal mining.  This ended in the immediate area in 1994 with the closure of Goldthorpe Colliery.  The [[1984-85 Miners' Strike]] affected the area significantly.  In 1984 two teenage boys had died in Goldthorpe while collecting coal during the strike; a memorial to them was built in 2011.