Langsett

infobox UK place
country = England
latitude= 53.50
longitude= -1.68
official_name= Langsett
population =
metropolitan_borough= Barnsley
region= Yorkshire and the Humber
metropolitan_county = South Yorkshire
post_town= BARNSLEY
postcode_district = S36
postcode_area= S
dial_code= 01226
os_grid_reference=
constituency_westminster= Barnsley West and Penistone

Langsett is a village near Penistone in South Yorkshire. It lies near the southern edge of the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley and on the edge of the Peak District National Park.

In the early Mediaeval period, Langsett was known as Penisale. It held a Royal Charter entitling it to hold a weekly market on Tuesdays and an annual three-day fair, but these were held somewhere in the country rather than in the village itself. The market charter was later used to start a market in Penistone. [David Hey, "Medieval South Yorkshire"]

A tradition associates the location of Penisale market with a cross near the junction of Cross Lane and Hartcliffe Road. This theory is rejected by Neville T. Sharpe, who holds that this was a wayside cross used as a guide by travellers.Neville T. Sharpe, "Crosses of the Peak District" (Landmark Collectors Library, 2002)]

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