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Derbyshire Cottages to Rent in Chesterfield

Cottage on the borders of Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and South Yorkshire with wonderful scenery and magnificent country house

2 Bedrooms

1 Bathroom

Sleeps 4

Children Welcome

Some Pets Allowed

No Smoking

South Yorkshire

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**South Yorkshire**

Geography
Status	Ceremonial and Metropolitan county (no county council)
Origin	1974
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Historic county	Yorkshire (West Riding)
Area - Total	Ranked 38th 1,552 km²
ONS code	2C
NUTS 3	UKE3
Demographics
Population - Total (2004 est. ) - Density	Ranked / km²
Ethnicity	95.0% White 2.6% S.Asian 2.4% Black
Politics
Members of Parliament	Kevin Barron Clive Betts David Blunkett Richard Caborn Michael Clapham Nick Clegg Jeff Ennis Caroline Flint John Healey Eric Illsley Denis MacShane Ed Miliband Meg Munn Angela Smith Rosie Winterton
Districts
Sheffield Rotherham Doncaster Barnsley

South Yorkshire is a metropolitan and ceremonial county in England. As a ceremonial county, it borders onto Derbyshire, West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, East Riding of Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire.

It was created as a metropolitan county in 1974 from the southern part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, as a result of the Local Government Act 1972.

The principal settlements of South Yorkshire are:

Sheffield, an industrial city known for steel and cutlery - England's fourth city and the only one in South Yorkshire;
Doncaster, an old Roman town known for railways and horse racing;
Rotherham, an industrial town bordering Sheffield on the River Don;
Barnsley, a market town on the River Dearne, the former administrative centre of the metropolitan county.

Each of these settlements gives its name to a metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire - the City of Sheffield, the borough of Doncaster, the borough of Barnsley and the borough of Rotherham.

In 1986, the metropolitan county councils were abolished, with control devolving to the boroughs. These metropolitan districts are now part of the larger region of Yorkshire and the Humber.

Because Yorkshire as a whole covers some 15,000 km², it is naturally desirable to break the region up into more manageable localities. While it is true that most inhabitants of the area who were around before 1974 will tend to be nostalgic for the old Ridings system, there is also a sense of independence in the region, if only by virtue of the shared industries and the shared valley.

Although the county council was abolished, South Yorkshire still exists as a ceremonial county - there is a Lord Lieutenant of South Yorkshire and also a High Sheriff. In addition there are four governmental functions that are run at the South Yorkshire level despite the abolition of the county council. These are police (South Yorkshire Police), public transport (South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive), fire & rescue (South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue and Rescue Service) and council pensions.

As one of the least prosperous areas in Western Europe, South Yorkshire has been targeted for funding from the European Regional Development Fund.

Economy

This is a chart of trend of regional gross value added of South Yorkshire at current basic prices published (pp.240-253) by Office for National Statistics with figures in millions of British Pounds Sterling.

Year	Regional Gross Value Added⁴	Agriculture¹	Industry²	Services³
1995	10,453	67	3,690	6,696
2000	13,187	53	4,181	8,954
2003	15,799	57	4,772	10,971

Note 1: includes hunting and forestry

Note 2: includes energy and construction

Note 3: includes financial intermediation services indirectly measured

Note 4: Components may not sum to totals due to rounding

Towns and villages

Adwick le Street, Anston, Askern, Aston
Barnsley, Bawtry, Bentley, Bolton-upon-Dearne, Birdwell, Bradfield, Brampton
Chapeltown, Conisbrough, Cudworth
Dalton, Darfield, Deepcar, Dinnington, Dodworth, Doncaster, Darton
Edlington, Elsecar
Goldthorpe, Greasbrough, Greenmoor
Harley, Hoyland, Hemingfield
Jump
Maltby, Mexborough
New Rossington
Penistone
Rawmarsh, Rotherham
Sheffield, Sprotbrough, Stainforth, Stocksbridge, Swinton
Tankersley, Thorne, Tickhill
Wath upon Dearne, Wentworth, West Melton, Worsborough, Woodlands

Places of interest

Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet, Sheffield
Barnsley Town Hall
Cannon Hall Museum, Park & Gardens, Barnsley
Chapel of Our Lady of Rotherham Bridge ("Chapel on the Bridge"), Rotherham
Clifton Park Museum, Rotherham
Conisbrough Castle
Cusworth Hall
Earth Centre
Kelham Island Industrial Museum, Sheffield
Magna Centre
Monk Bretton Priory
Sheffield Winter Gardens
Roche Abbey
Rother Valley Country Park
Howden Moors
St Lawrence Church, Adwick le Street
Wentworth Castle & Gardens, Barnsley
Wentworth Woodhouse
Weston Park Museum & Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield
Woodlands model village
Worsborough Mill and Country Park

Districts of Yorkshire and the Humber
Barnsley \| Bradford \| Calderdale \| Craven \| Doncaster \| East Riding of Yorkshire \| Hambleton \| Harrogate \| Hull \| Kirklees \| Leeds \| North Lincolnshire \| North East Lincolnshire \| Richmondshire \| Rotherham \| Ryedale \| Scarborough \| Selby \| Sheffield \| Wakefield \| York
Counties with multiple districts: North Yorkshire - South Yorkshire - West Yorkshire

United Kingdom | England | Ceremonial counties of England

This article was copied on 11 July 2006. The current version with history is available on Wikipedia.

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