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What's New

The latest features on www.wentworthvillage.net include:-

• The annual Wentworth Fireworks Display takes place on Monday 5th November 2007 - bonfire lit at 6pm, fireworks from 6.30pm. There will be a £1 charge on the gate for this.



• The Wentworth Village Community Association AGM takes place on Tuesday 18th September 2007, 8pm



• The annual Wentworth Church Music Festival takes place from 19-22 September 2007.



• The popular Wentworth Village Day returns this year on the Playing Fields on Sunday 9th September 2007 12 noon - 4pm. All sorts of events and activities are planned for the day



• An article on the new Wentworth Youth Theatre who are holding auditions for their first performance at the Mechanics Institute on Sunday 15th July 2007



• The 2007 calendar for Wentworth Womens Institute is now available



• The latest minutes are now available from the Wentworth Partnership and Wentworth Village Community Association

If you have any Wentworth-related news or information please contact us with details and we'll add it to the site - this is an entirely FREE service.

The Wentworth Area

Surrounded by the industrial towns of South Yorkshire, it is remarkable that Wentworth village and the surrounding area have escaped any major development over the last two hundred years. Compare our 1855 map with a modern map of the area and, with the exception of the "new" church (1877), you will find very few changes.

This preservation of the village and surrounding countryside is due in a large part to the efforts over the years of Fitzwilliam (Wentworth) Estates and, more recently, the village Amenity Trust. These bodies still own most of the land and buildings in the area and do an excellent job of maintaining a traditional rural environment in the heart of one of the most densely populated parts of the country.

Perhaps more important still is the part played by the local community in preserving the character of the area. Many of the residents, some of whose families have been in the area for generations, still work in agricultural and the traditional village industries. They, and others who now work outside the village, continue to take an active role in the life of the area through organisations such as the Parish Council, Parochial Church Council, Wentworth Village Community Association and Wentworth Womens Institute.

Whether you are a local or a visitor, we hope you find something of interest in these pages.

Wentworth News

Our community News and Events section features the latest news on events in the Wentworth area. We are happy to feature details of any events free of charge - please contact us with details.

Visitors to the area may wish to visit our Wentworth Sights page or our Introductory History feature. If you are interested in the ancestry of the Wentworth/Fitzwilliam families our Family Tree pages are worth a visit.

For full details of businesses in the Wentworth area, please check out our comprehensive Business Directory.

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Wentworth Books

A new book by Catherine Bailey about the history of the Fitzwilliam family and Wentworth Woodhouse is now available. It can be purchased on line from Amazon.co.uk - click the link below for details.