Place:South Yorkshire, England

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NameSouth Yorkshire
Alt namesS Yorksource: BIAB Online (1999-2000) accessed 16 Dec 2002; UK Counties and Regions Abbreviations [web site] (1997-98) accessed 16 Dec 2002
S Yorkshiresource: Royal Mail: PAF Digest [online] (2002) accessed 16 Dec 2002
TypeMetropolitan county
Coordinates53.55°N 1.25°W
Located inEngland     (1974 - )
Also located inYorkshire, England    
See alsoWest Riding of Yorkshire, Englandpart of Yorkshire which contained South Yorkshire prior to 1974
Contained Places
Borough (county)
Barnsley ( 1974 - )
Doncaster ( 1974 - )
Rotherham ( 1974 - )
Sheffield ( 1974 - )
Borough (municipal)
Sheffield ( 1974 - )
Chapelry
Attercliffe cum Darnall ( 1974 - )
Austerfield ( 1974 - )
Bawtry ( 1974 - )
Beauchief ( 1974 - )
Bolsterstone ( 1974 - )
Bradfield ( 1974 - )
Dore ( 1974 - )
Letwell ( 1974 - )
Monk Bretton ( 1974 - )
Thorpe Salvin ( 1974 - )
Wales ( 1974 - )
City district
Millhouses (Barnsley) ( 1974 - )
Wheatley (Doncaster) ( 1974 - )
Civil parish
Adwick upon Dearne ( 1974 - )
Anston ( 1974 - )
Ardsley (near Barnsley) ( 1974 - )
Armthorpe ( 1974 - )
Askern ( 1974 - )
Aston cum Aughton ( 1974 - )
Attercliffe cum Darnall ( 1974 - )
Auckley ( 1974 - )
Austerfield ( 1974 - )
Balby with Hexthorpe ( 1974 - )
Barnburgh ( 1974 - )
Barnby Dun with Kirk Sandall ( 1974 - )
Barnby Dun ( 1974 - )
Bawtry ( 1974 - )
Beauchief ( 1974 - )
Bentley with Arksey ( 1974 - )
Bilham ( 1974 - )
Billingley ( 1974 - )
Blaxton ( 1974 - )
Bradfield ( 1974 - )
Braithwell ( 1974 - )
Bramley (near Rotherham) ( 1974 - )
Brampton Bierlow ( 1974 - )
Brierley ( 1974 - )
Brightside Bierlow ( 1974 - )
Brinsworth ( 1974 - )
Brodsworth ( 1974 - )
Burghwallis ( 1974 - )
Cadeby ( 1974 - )
Cantley ( 1974 - )
Carlton (near Barnsley) ( 1974 - )
Carr House and Elm Field ( 1974 - )
Catcliffe ( 1974 - )
Cawthorne ( 1974 - )
Clayton with Frickley ( 1974 - )
Conisbrough ( 1974 - )
Dalton (near Rotherham) ( 1974 - )
Denaby ( 1974 - )
Dinnington St. John's ( 1974 - )
Dinnington ( 1974 - )
Dodworth ( 1974 - )
Dore ( 1974 - )
Dunford ( 1974 - )
Ecclesall Bierlow ( 1974 - )
Ecclesfield ( 1974 - )
Edenthorpe ( 1974 - )
Edlington ( 1974 - )
Fenwick ( 1974 - )
Finningley ( 1974 - )
Firbeck ( 1974 - )
Gildingwells ( 1974 - )
Great Houghton ( 1974 - )
Gunthwaite and Ingbirchworth ( 1974 - )
Hampole ( 1974 - )
Handsworth ( 1974 - )
Harthill with Woodall ( 1974 - )
Hatfield ( 1974 - )
Heeley ( 1974 - )
Hickleton ( 1974 - )
High Melton (near Doncaster) ( 1974 - )
Hooton Levett ( 1974 - )
Hooton Pagnell ( 1974 - )
Hooton Roberts ( 1974 - )
Hunshelf ( 1974 - )
Kirk Bramwith ( 1974 - )
Kirk Sandall ( 1974 - )
Langsett ( 1974 - )
Laughton en le Morthen ( 1974 - )
Letwell ( 1974 - )
Little Houghton ( 1974 - )
Loversall ( 1974 - )
Maltby (near Rotherham) ( 1974 - )
Marr ( 1974 - )
Monk Bretton ( 1974 - )
Moss ( 1974 - )
Nether Hallam ( 1974 - )
Norton (near Doncaster) ( 1974 - )
Orgreave ( 1974 - )
Owston ( 1974 - )
Oxspring ( 1974 - )
Penistone ( 1974 - )
Ravenfield ( 1974 - )
Rossington ( 1974 - )
Royston ( 1974 - )
Silkstone ( 1974 - )
Skellow ( 1974 - )
Sprotbrough and Cusworth ( 1974 - )
St. John's with Throapham ( 1974 - )
Stainborough ( 1974 - )
Stainforth (near Doncaster) ( 1974 - )
Stainton (near Tickhill) ( 1974 - )
Stocksbridge ( 1974 - )
Sutton (near Doncaster) ( 1974 - )
Sykehouse ( 1974 - )
Tankersley ( 1974 - )
Thorpe Salvin ( 1974 - )
Thorpe in Balne ( 1974 - )
Thrybergh ( 1974 - )
Thurcroft ( 1974 - )
Thurgoland ( 1974 - )
Thurlstone ( 1974 - )
Thurnscoe ( 1974 - )
Todwick ( 1974 - )
Totley ( 1974 - )
Ulley ( 1974 - )
Upper Hallam ( 1974 - )
Wadworth ( 1974 - )
Wales ( 1974 - )
Warmsworth ( 1974 - )
Wheatley (Doncaster) ( 1974 - )
Whiston ( 1974 - )
Wickersley ( 1974 - )
Woodsetts ( 1974 - )
Wortley (near Barnsley) ( 1974 - )
Extra parochial area
Hampole ( 1974 - )
Hamlet
Aldwarke (near Ecclesfield) ( 1974 - )
Birdwell ( 1974 - )
Brampton en le Morthen ( 1974 - )
Clifton (near Conisbrough) ( 1974 - )
Gilroyd ( 1974 - )
Heeley ( 1974 - )
High Green ( 1974 - )
Holdworth ( 1974 - )
Hoyland Common ( 1974 - )
Midhope ( 1974 - )
Oughtibridge ( 1974 - )
Owlerton ( 1974 - )
Scawsby ( 1974 - )
Stotfold ( 1974 - )
Wadsley ( 1974 - )
Inhabited place
Ardsley (near Barnsley) ( 1974 - )
Askern ( 1974 - )
Barnby Dun ( 1974 - )
Barugh Green ( 1974 - )
Barugh ( 1974 - )
Bessacarr ( 1974 - )
Blaxton ( 1974 - )
Bolsterstone ( 1974 - )
Brierley ( 1974 - )
Cadeby ( 1974 - )
Campsall ( 1974 - )
Cantley ( 1974 - )
Carcroft ( 1974 - )
Catcliffe ( 1974 - )
Chapeltown (near Sheffield) ( 1974 - )
Cubley ( 1974 - )
Darton ( 1974 - )
Denaby Main ( 1974 - )
Dunford Bridge ( 1974 - )
Dungworth ( 1974 - )
Edenthorpe ( 1974 - )
Edlington ( 1974 - )
Elsecar ( 1974 - )
Fenwick ( 1974 - )
Firbeck ( 1974 - )
Fishlake ( 1974 - )
Goldthorpe ( 1974 - )
Great Houghton ( 1974 - )
Grimethorpe ( 1974 - )
Hemingfield ( 1974 - )
Hickleton ( 1974 - )
Higham ( 1974 - )
Highfields (near Doncaster) ( 1974 - )
Hood Green ( 1974 - )
Hooton Roberts ( 1974 - )
Hunshelf ( 1974 - )
Jump ( 1974 - )
Kexbrough ( 1974 - )
Kilnhurst ( - 1974 )
Kimberworth ( 1974 - )
Kiveton Park ( 1974 - )
Loxley ( 1974 - )
Lundwood ( 1974 - )
Meersbrook ( 1974 - )
Mexborough ( 1974 - )
Millhouse Green ( 1974 - )
Moorends ( 1974 - )
New Lodge ( 1974 - )
Norton (near Doncaster) ( 1974 - )
Oughtibridge ( 1974 - )
Owston ( 1974 - )
Rawmarsh ( 1974 - )
Silkstone Common ( 1974 - )
Silkstone ( 1974 - )
Skellow ( 1974 - )
Southey ( 1974 - )
Sprotbrough and Cusworth ( 1974 - )
Staincross ( 1974 - )
Stainton (near Tickhill) ( 1974 - )
Stairfoot ( 1974 - )
Stocksbridge ( 1974 - )
Sutton (near Doncaster) ( 1974 - )
Swinton (near Rotherham) ( 1974 - )
Thorne ( 1974 - )
Thorpe in Balne ( 1974 - )
Tickhill ( 1974 - )
Treeton ( 1974 - )
Wadworth ( 1974 - )
Warmsworth ( 1974 - )
Wath upon Dearne ( 1974 - )
Wentworth ( 1974 - )
West Melton (near Doncaster) ( 1974 - )
Wincobank ( 1974 - )
Wombwell ( 1974 - )
Wortley (near Barnsley) ( 1974 - )
Parish
Adwick le Street ( 1974 - )
Beighton ( 1974 - )
Campsall ( 1974 - )
Felkirk ( 1974 - )
Sheffield ( 1974 - )
Wragby ( 1974 - )
Parish (ancient)
Adwick upon Dearne ( 1974 - )
Armthorpe ( 1974 - )
Aston cum Aughton ( 1974 - )
Barnburgh ( 1974 - )
Braithwell ( 1974 - )
Brodsworth ( 1974 - )
Burghwallis ( 1974 - )
Clayton with Frickley ( 1974 - )
Conisbrough ( 1974 - )
Dinnington ( 1974 - )
Ecclesfield ( 1974 - )
Finningley ( 1974 - )
Hallamshire ( 1974 - )
Handsworth ( 1974 - )
Harthill with Woodall ( 1974 - )
Hatfield ( 1974 - )
Kirk Sandall ( 1974 - )
Laughton en le Morthen ( 1974 - )
Maltby (near Rotherham) ( 1974 - )
Penistone ( 1974 - )
Rossington ( 1974 - )
Royston ( 1974 - )
Tankersley ( 1974 - )
Todwick ( 1974 - )
Parochial area
St. John's with Throapham ( 1974 - )
Registration district
Barnsley Registration District ( 1974 - )
Doncaster Registration District ( 1974 - )
Rotherham Registration District ( 1974 - )
Sheffield Registration District ( 1974 - )
Suburb
Armthorpe ( 1974 - )
Athersley ( 1974 - )
Attercliffe cum Darnall ( 1974 - )
Barugh Green ( 1974 - )
Beauchief ( 1974 - )
Bessacarr ( 1974 - )
Burngreave ( 1974 - )
Chapeltown (near Sheffield) ( 1974 - )
Deepcar ( 1974 - )
Dore ( 1974 - )
Ecclesall Bierlow ( 1974 - )
Greasbrough ( 1974 - )
Grenoside ( 1974 - )
Handsworth ( 1974 - )
Heeley ( 1974 - )
High Green ( 1974 - )
Hillsborough ( 1974 - )
Hood Green ( 1974 - )
Kingstone ( 1974 - )
Loxley ( 1974 - )
Lundwood ( 1974 - )
Masbrough ( 1974 - )
Meersbrook ( 1974 - )
Monk Bretton ( 1974 - )
Nether Hallam ( 1974 - )
Netherthorpe ( 1974 - )
Oughtibridge ( 1974 - )
Owlerton ( 1974 - )
Pitsmoor ( 1974 - )
Southey ( 1974 - )
Stannington ( 1974 - )
Swinton (near Rotherham) ( 1974 - )
Tinsley ( 1974 - )
Totley ( 1974 - )
Upper Hallam ( 1974 - )
Wadsley ( 1974 - )
Wincobank ( 1974 - )
Woodseats ( 1974 - )
Township
Auckley ( 1974 - )
Billingley ( 1974 - )
Brightside Bierlow ( 1974 - )
Carlton (near Barnsley) ( 1974 - )
Dodworth ( 1974 - )
Ecclesall Bierlow ( 1974 - )
Finningley ( 1974 - )
Gildingwells ( 1974 - )
Little Houghton ( 1974 - )
Loversall ( 1974 - )
Nether Hallam ( 1974 - )
Oxspring ( 1974 - )
Thurgoland ( 1974 - )
Thurlstone ( 1974 - )
Totley ( 1974 - )
Upper Hallam ( 1974 - )
Woodsetts ( 1974 - )
Unitary authority
Barnsley (metropolitan borough) ( 1974 - )
Doncaster (metropolitan borough) ( 1974 - )
Rotherham (metropolitan borough) ( 1974 - )
Sheffield (metropolitan borough) ( - 1974 )
Urban district
Adwick le Street ( 1974 - )
Ardsley (near Barnsley) ( 1974 - )
Balby with Hexthorpe ( 1974 - )
Bentley with Arksey ( 1974 - )
Conisbrough ( 1974 - )
Darton ( 1974 - )
Dearne ( 1974 - )
Dodworth ( 1974 - )
Greasbrough ( 1974 - )
Gunthwaite and Ingbirchworth ( 1974 - )
Handsworth ( 1974 - )
Maltby (near Rotherham) ( 1974 - )
Mexborough ( 1974 - )
Monk Bretton ( 1974 - )
Penistone ( 1974 - )
Rawmarsh ( 1974 - )
Royston ( 1974 - )
Stocksbridge ( 1974 - )
Swinton (near Rotherham) ( 1974 - )
Thorne ( 1974 - )
Thurlstone ( 1974 - )
Thurnscoe ( 1974 - )
Tickhill ( 1974 - )
Wath upon Dearne ( 1974 - )
Wheatley (Doncaster) ( 1974 - )
Wombwell ( 1974 - )
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South Yorkshire is a ceremonial and metropolitan county governed as a combined authority in north-central England. It had a population of 1.34 million in 2011 and has an area of . The county consists of four metropolitan boroughs—the City of Sheffield and the boroughs of Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham—collectively administered by a directly-elected mayor.

Lying on the east side of the Pennines, South Yorkshire is landlocked, and borders Derbyshire to the west and south-west, West Yorkshire to the north-west, North Yorkshire to the north, the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north-east, Lincolnshire to the east and Nottinghamshire to the south-east. The largest settlement is Sheffield, its built-up area is the tenth most populous in the United Kingdom. With over half of the county's population living within the built-up area, it dominates the county's western half.

South Yorkshire was created on 1 April 1974 as a result of the Local Government Act 1972. It was created from 32 local government districts of the West Riding of Yorkshire (the administrative county and four independent county boroughs), with small areas from Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire. South Yorkshire County Council was abolished in 1986 and its metropolitan boroughs effectively becoming unitary authorities, although the metropolitan county continues to exist in law.

As a ceremonial county, South Yorkshire has a Lord Lieutenant and a High Sheriff. The area lies within the Sheffield City Region local enterprise partnership with Barnsley also being within the Leeds City Region, reflecting its geographical position midway between the cities.

In 2022, Doncaster became one of eight towns to successfully bid for city status and will be the second city (after Sheffield) in the county. This would mean the county will have two cities (Doncaster and Sheffield) and two boroughs (Barnsley and Rotherham).

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