King George VI and the Queen Mum meeting Elsecar miners & having a roast beef dinner at Elsecar Main pit canteen? Discover this and lots more stories, in our new ‘Reyt Royal Elsecar’ history tours, every Saturday & Sunday from this weekend and through the summer! 👑 🛠️ 🏛️🇬🇧

We were honoured to be part of the Arts Award Celebration event, hosted by #Fusion, at Horizon CC Official. It was a brilliant to see the amazing artistic talent in the borough. Thankyou to the schools & students who took part & congratulations on successfully achieving your Arts Award

For the #FestivalofArchaeology we're revisiting the Milton dig from 2018 and sharing some of the fascinating finds that were uncovered. You can read about the excavation in this blog barnsleymuseums.art.blog/2020/08/03/unc… We'll be sharing more finds this week Elsecar Heritage Centre ElsecarHAZ

Bit of local history, crossing at Tingle Bridge Lane, Hemingfield. Pre early 1950s as my house is still a field!! Elsecar Heritage Centre

Coming to Elsecar on Sun, 30 July, The Un-Naturalists Summer Tour. Join us for a fabulous comedy tour guaranteed to raise a smile, hear the history of the village performed in a whole new way! Free but booking advisable - tickets available here shorturl.at/npzZ3

Well, I know you've all been wondering where I was this evening. I was on a tour of the site of the oldest steam engine in the world still in-situ. Courtesy of the wonderful people Barnsley Museums ElsecarHAZ taking us behind the scenes 😁

We had such a good time at the #MiltonDig Visit Experience Barnsley Museum tomorrow to see some of the finds as part of this year's #FestivalofArchaeology ArchaeologyUK Historic England Archaeology at the Ironbridge Gorge Museums NationalPipeArchive ArcHeritage #ThrowbackThursday #HeritageActionZone

As part of the #FestivalOfArchaeology we're looking back on the #MiltonDig from 2018 with a short video of some of the discoveries from the excavation youtu.be/Zx5dh9q6WY0 You can see more of these finds at the Dig This! event at Experience Barnsley Museum tomorrow experience-barnsley.com/whats-on/dig-t…

#YorkshireHumour We have two Elsecar themed postcards. Nessie spotted in Elsecar reservoir and 'Yorkshire Sayings' a postcard sent from Blackpool to an Elsecar family in 1917 @DialectHeritage ElsecarHAZ #YorkshireDay

.Parkway Cinema Barnsley opened #OnThisDay in 2007 Our 1960s reconstruction takes you to Eldon Street when it was still the Odeon. Watch the full video on YouTube youtu.be/spwjGDcQKwA Eldon Street HAZ Historic England

Bravo #Barnsley! Barnsley Council today announced Barnsley Museums and outdoor attractions had record-breaking visitor numbers April- June, it’s busiest quarter on record. with 505,000+ visitors, 34,000 more than same time last year, one of many achievements highlighted in latest

We love this letter, which was discovered (and collected by @BarnsleyArchives) as part of the Elsecar HAZ. We're also delighted that Mrs Denton appears to have had her request granted #ChristmasCoal #SouthYorkshire #Elsecar Barnsley Museums Historic England Explore Your Archive

Happy #LeapDay everyone! Can we join the #MuseumTwitter game of #LeapFrog with this lovely frogged brick? Found during the #NewcomenDig it's only the second one (that we know of) from a small 19th century brickworks near Elsecar. Probably not very good at jumping mind... 🐸

On #InternationalWomensDay we're remembering Elsecar's Adeline Jackson, who became the first female glass technologist in the UK working at Wood Brothers in #Barnsley. Read more about her here 👇 barnsleymuseums.art.blog/2022/03/08/ade… Barnsley Museums Barnsley Archives & Local Studies Historic England

For #BritishScienceWeek here's a thread about the Newcomen Engine at Elsecar Heritage Centre which you can read more about on our blogsite barnsleymuseums.art.blog/2020/05/12/age…

We have an #ArchiveCollection filled with photographs of Hoyland and Elsecar. Does anyone remember the Futurist Cinema? ⛵️Elsecar canal basin 📽️ Futurist Cinema 🍻 Elsecar Midland Club ⚽️ Hoyland Junior Football Club #Archive30 explorebarnsleycollections.com

Thomas Newcomen’s (1664-1729) engine (1712) was adopted at many coal mines but only one survives on its original site Elsecar Heritage Centre . An iron monger and Baptist preacher, he is remembered via many street names including at Doncaster, Hoyland, Hull and London. John Tanner

My interest in Elsecar Heritage Centre began in late 60s when I was a student. In early 1970s I tutored local history classes in Barnsley for WEA and Sheffield University. Summer excursions included tours of Newcomen engine, permission granted by NCB. Always remember/ John Tanner

Yesterday was a great day at the Northern Cultural Education Awards with Eldon Street HAZ proud to be a finalist in the Inspirational Partnership category for work with Trinity Academy St Edward’s

On yer bike! Read about the history of the building that has been transformed through the Eldon Street HAZ project barnsleymuseums.art.blog/2023/08/11/eld…