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Wombwell Urban District Council was the administrative body for the town from 1865 until 1974. The district also included Broomhill,
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champions, dissolved in 2000. Previously known as Wombwell Athletic, Wombwell & Darfield and Wombwell Sporting Association.
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High View Primary Learning Centre, established in 2007 from a merger of Highfields Junior School and Wood View Infant School
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Kings Oak Primary Learning Centre, established in 2007 from a merger of Kings Road Infant School and Oakfield Junior School
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breached its banks on Friday 15 June and then again on Monday 25 June. Many homes and businesses were flooded.
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St Michael and All Angels Catholic Primary School, located on Stonyford Road, was established in 1903
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of 6 February 1958, is buried in Wombwell Cemetery, having been born in Wombwell in 1933.
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Formed in 2018 and play at the Recreation Ground on Station Road. They compete in the
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Crystal gazing: a study in the history, distribution, theory and practice of scrying
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Wombwell Rising Star F.C. – Defunct team who entered the FA Cup just once, in 1904
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established in 2012 from a merger of Wombwell High School and
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The parish church, St Mary's, located on Church Street, is a
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on Station Road existed from 1928 to 1965 and hosted
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Wombwell is located in South Yorkshire
South Yorkshire
OS grid reference
SE399028
Metropolitan borough
Barnsley
Metropolitan county
South Yorkshire
Region
Yorkshire and the Humber
Country
England
Sovereign state
Post town
Postcode district
S73
Dialling code
Police
South Yorkshire
Fire
South Yorkshire
Ambulance
Yorkshire
UK Parliament
Barnsley North
UK
England
Yorkshire
53°30′58″N 1°24′00″W / 53.516°N 1.400°W / 53.516; -1.400

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