Place:Dunford, West Riding of Yorkshire, England

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NameDunford
TypeCivil parish
Coordinates53.525°N 1.748°W
Located inWest Riding of Yorkshire, England     ( - 1974)
Also located inSouth Yorkshire, England     (1974 - )
Yorkshire, England    
See alsoPenistone Rural, West Riding of Yorkshire, Englandrural district of which it was a part until 1974
Barnsley (metropolitan borough), South Yorkshire, Englandmetropolitan borough of which it has been a part since 1974
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Dunford is a civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, 14.5 miles (23.3 km) northwest of Sheffield located in South Yorkshire, England since the local government reorganization of 1974. Prior to 1974 it was in Yorkshire in the West Riding. The population of the civil parish as of the 2011 census was 568. The parish is centred on Dunford Bridge to the west and Lower Cumberworth to the east with the hamlet of Crow Edge virtually central between them.

The parish includes several other villages and hamlets such as Carlecotes and Flouch. There are several important water sources in the parish, such as the Broadstone, Dunford Bridge, Harden, Ingbirchworth, Royd Moor, Scout Dyke, Snailsden and the Upper and Lower Windleden Reservoirs, fed from the surrounding moorland and managed by Yorkshire Water.

The parish was formed in 1938 from parts of the urban districts of Holme, New Mill (previously Fulstone (sometimes spelled "Foolstone"), Hepworth, Scholes (near Holmfirth) and Thurlstone.

At the time of the 2001 census Fulstone had a population of 627. At the end of the 19th century the total population of the four parishes which joined to form Fulstone in 1938 was about 6,800.

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