The re-location of population and its problems.

Abstract

EFORE 1938 housing development in Barnsley by the local authority had been 1~ located principally in the southern areas of the borough, viz., Worsborough Common and Kendray; Wilthorpe in the west and Lundwood towards the east were the furthest north of any substantial development. Areas in the north of the borough, including Carlton and Monk Bretton, had been added by borough extension and were relatively undeveloped, and it was natural that as the southern development was nearing completion, the northern districts should be considered for further estates. The intervention of the war prevented any action being taken, but immediately afterwards action was taken to acquire land and begin this development which, by 1971, is expected to contain some 21,000 of the 85,000 population forecast for the borough at that date. In common with other local authorities the waiting list for corporation houses was quite big and house building was urgent. The whole of the borough is situate over the coal measures which contain some seventeen seams of coal. Some of the seams outcrop in the borough and therefore there is the likelihood of shallow workings. The seams dip generally from west to east and are faulted.