Upper Cumberworth
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Upper Cumberworth is a small village situated between the villages of Denby Dale and Shepley, above the village of Lower Cumberworth. It occupies a rural location, surrounded by fields and woodland.
The local woodlands are managed by the Upper Dearne Woodlands Trust, who undertake tasks such as habitat conservation, access management, education and information. A public footpath runs through the woodlands with information boards about the plants and animals you may see.
The village has two pubs, 'The Sovereign' and 'The Star Inn', a small shop incorporating a Post Office, a first school and a small church called St Nicholas C of E (Church of England). There is also a very small childrens playground.
The church yard still has a set of old stocks by the entrance and some interesting scuptural gravestones.
Upper Cumberworth has a football and cricket team, see Cumberworth United Cricket Club (view cricket pitch via webcam).
Cumberworth Carnival is held every year in the grounds of the first school. The carnival includes a parade of 'floats' made by the villagers by decorating flat bed trucks, one of which is covered with tissue paper flowers and carries the carnival king and queen for the year, usually pupils of the first school. Stalls selling cakes, plants and books are setup in a marquee on the school field alongside tombolas and games. Sometimes the carnival includes demonstrations from local groups such as the flyball and dog agility group 'Springers' and the model helicopter group.
The village also holds its own bonfire night every year.
Unconfirmed myths and legends: A wooden chair kept by of the church was once sat in by Cromwell. The Cumberworth Chalice kept in the Tower of London belongs to the church. A book about the Denby Dale Pie says that the people of Cumberworth tore apart the first giant pie like wild animals, and it was 'flung to the winds'.
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