Barnsley

[bahrnz-lee]

noun

1. a city in South Yorkshire, in N England.

Barnsley

/ ˈbɑːnzlɪ /

noun

1. an industrial town in N England, in Barnsley unitary authority, South Yorkshire. Pop: 71 599 (2001)

2. a unitary authority in N England, in South Yorkshire. Pop: 220 200 (2003 est). Area: 329 sq km (127 sq miles)

Example Sentences

The service at St Mary's Church in Barnsley was attended by former England cricketers Sir Geoffrey Boycott and Michael Vaughan and was followed by a private family-only cremation and a wake at the town hall.

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Bird was awarded an MBE in 1986, an OBE in 2012 and the Freedom of Barnsley in 2000.

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In 2009 he was immortalised by a statue in Barnsley that depicted him raising his index finger to indicate a batsman was out.

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As a young man, he played for Barnsley Cricket Club alongside Boycott and the journalist and broadcaster Sir Michael Parkinson.

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Bird was immortalised by a statue in Barnsley in 2009, albeit the statue had to be lifted above ground level four years later because his raised umpiring finger would regularly be adorned with rude objects.

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