Page "Barnsley" Paragraph 9

Following the Local Government Act 1972, Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council took control of surrounding towns, villages and adopted them as part of Barnsley.

This resulted in names such as ' Pennine Barnsley ' being invented for the market town of Penistone ( more than seven miles away ) for promotional purposes.

Other types of ' branding ' are also employed to bring surrounding places into the Barnsley orbit, such as the use of the Barnsley coat of arms on street signs which are well beyond the boundaries of the town itself.