Elsecar 's a village forming part of the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England. Like many villages in the area, it was for many years a coal mining village until the widespread pit closures during the 1980s. Elsecar's next to the villages of Hoyland and Jump. Elsecar's unique as a name: the origins aren't entirely clear. Else or Elsi was the name of a local Saxon lord who owned land in the area. It's also the Saxon name for a marsh that may have existed in the bottom vall… (More on Elsecar)