Place:Carlton, South Yorkshire, England

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NameCarlton
Alt namesCarlentonesource: Domesday Book (1985) p 314
Carletonsource: Domesday Book (1985) p 314
TypeInhabited place
Coordinates53.584°N 1.457°W
Located inSouth Yorkshire, England
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Carlton is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England. It is situated between the villages of Athersley and Royston.

It was built up on coking and coal mining industries and now has one of the largest industrial estates within the surrounding area. In the industrial estate lies a glass recycling plant, called Rexam.

Carlton has two Church of England churches and a Methodist chapel. A Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses serves both the Carlton and Athersley congregations.

An ancient sacred spring or holy well existed near to the modern-day Carlton Road and became associated with St Helen in early Christian times. The name St Helen's was used for a 20th century secondary school near to the site of the old well (merged with Edward Sheerien School in 1992).

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