Barnburgh

{{Short description|Village and civil parish in South Yorkshire, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2015}}

{{Use British English|date=June 2020}}

{{Infobox UK place

| country = England

| static_image_name = Barnburgh - St Peter's Church - from NE.jpg

| static_image_caption = Barnburgh - St Peter's Church

| coordinates = {{coord|53.52|-1.27|display=inline,title}}

| map_type = South Yorkshire

| official_name = Barnburgh

| metropolitan_borough = Doncaster

| civil_parish = Barnburgh

| metropolitan_county = South Yorkshire

| population = 1,924

| population_ref = (2011 census)

| region = Yorkshire and the Humber

| constituency_westminster = Doncaster North

| post_town = DONCASTER

| postcode_district = DN5

| postcode_area = DN

| dial_code = 01709

| os_grid_reference =

| pushpin_map = United Kingdom Borough of Doncaster

| pushpin_map_caption = Location within City of Doncaster

| type = Village

}}

Barnburgh is a village and civil parish in the City of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England. The village is adjacent to the village of Harlington - the parish contains both villages, and according to the 2001 census it had a population of 1,979,[http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=8&containerAreaId=790254 Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Doncaster] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613044117/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=8&containerAreaId=790254 |date=13 June 2011 }} Retrieved 26 August 2009 reducing to 1,924 at the 2011 Census.{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11120395&c=Barnburgh&d=16&e=62&g=6354531&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1457269416817&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|accessdate=6 March 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}} The village is located {{convert|3|mi|km}} north of Mexborough, {{convert|2|mi|km}} east of Goldthorpe and {{convert|8|mi|km}} west of Doncaster itself.

In the centre of the village is the parish church of St Peter, which is famous for the legend of the 'Cat and Man' and is mainly of Norman and Transitional architectural styles.

There was a coal mine situated half a mile west of the village called Barnburgh Main Colliery, which operated between 1911 and 1989.