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Wath upon Dearne history
Wath can be traced back to Norman times. It has an entry in the 1086 Domesday Book as Wad and Waith. It remained for some centuries a rural settlement astride the junction of the old Doncaster–Barnsley and Rotherham–Pontefract roads.
Coal mining
The town lies within the South Yorkshire coalfield, where high-quality bituminous coal was dug from outcrops and near-surface seams in primitive bell pits . Several high-grade seams are close to the surface, including the prolific Barnsley and Parkgate seams .
Railways
Wath marshalling yard, built north of the town in 1907, was one of the biggest and most modern railway marshalling yards in the country . It acted as the eastern end of the trans-Pennine Manchester–Sheffield–Wath electrified railway (also known as the Woodhead Line) during the Second World War .
The decline of coal
The local coal industry succumbed to the decline of the British coal-mining industry . This had knock-on effects on many subsidiary local industries and caused local hardship .
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