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02/05/23 • By Ashley Ball

Gawber Hall, Gawber

Gawber Hall, Gawber

A recent dig around in one of our storage rooms has yielded these old sketches of areas around Barnsley.

They were originally printed in the Chronicle back in 1932 and are from the Old Barnsley Collection put together by Kenneth Leslie Graham.

The pictures are taken from around the Barnsley area and will be familiar to some of our readers.

You can view these photo's below individually, or watch them as a video here.

Wolley Churchyard, Woolley — Woolley Churchyard, Woolley

The Manor House and Lancasters Yard

Cock Inn Yard, Shambles Street

Monk Bretton Priory, Library and Frater Windows

Knabbs Hall, Silkstone Common

Houghton Old Hall, Great Houghton

Highstone, Worsborough Common

Gawber Hall, Gawber

Cawthorne

Columbine Pigeon Cote, Tankersely

Surrey Yard, Shambles Street

Holy Rood Church from Wellington Street

St Mary's Church from Eastgate

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