Cawthorne
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Cawthorne is a village in the metropolitan borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England. The village was once the centre of a localised iron and coal mining industry, though today is the centre of a very affluent commuter belt, west of Barnsley.
It has a choral society, a brass band, and lively local pub called the Spencer Arms in recognition of the village's association with the Spencer-Stanhope family who once owned large swathes of the local area. They had their family home at Cannon Hall, the park of which borders the village of Cawthorne. Nowadays, Cannon Hall is a museum run by Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council.