Cawthorne Village is Latitude 53′34; Longitude 1′34 W. The Survey of the Township is on sheets 261, 262, and 273, 274 of the Ordnance Survey. The nearest place where the Rainfall has been regularly observed is Barnsley, which is four miles E.S.E. of Cawthorne. The following is the Rainfall there for the last three years with that of some other places selected for comparison. The number after the Rainfall is that of the days in the year upon which .01 of an inch of rain, or more, has fallen:
| FEET | 1878 | 1879 | 1880 | ||||
| ABOVE SEA. | IN. | DAYS. | IN. | DAYS. | IN. | DAYS. | |
| Barnsley | 350 | 26.01 | 188 | 28.25 | 206 | 38.63 | 173 |
| Dunford Reservoir | 1,100 | 52.09 | 209 | 49.57 | 243 | 59.92 | 223 |
| Ingbirchworth | 853 | 39.54 | 209 | 37.83 | 230 | 49.00 | 211 |
| Wakefield (Prison) | 96 | 27.88 | 181 | 25.04 | 180 | 37.22 | 164 |
| Goole | 21 | 20.74 | 136 | 19.80 | 156 | 32.17 | 145 |
| Huddersfield | 350 | 32.54 | 175 | 28.93 | 38.92 | 187 | |
| Manchester | 110 | 31.73 | 196 | 31.15 | 183 | 34.65 | 170 |
| Appleby, Lincs | 60 | 26.42 | 26.32 | 199 | 29.63 | 164 | |
| Ambleside | 175 | 66.33 | 65.09 | 194 | 73.46 | 198 | |
| Scafell Pike | 3,200 | 49.25 | 53.96 | ||||
| The Stye, Cumb. | 1,077 | 149.04 | 148.55 | 163.40 | |||
The observers' names are given in the order of the places they observe at: Dr. Sadler; Mr. Geo. Whitfield; Mr. Greenwood; Dr. Clarke; Mr. Boyd; Mr. Robson; Mr. J. King, junr.; Rev. Canon Cross; Mr. F. M. T. Jones (Lesketh How); Mr. J. Maitland; do.
The village of Cawthorne is very fairly provided with water since a regular supply was obtained in 1865 by laying down iron pipes from Margery Wood on the High Hoyland side of the valley. The beautiful Stone Cross where this supply now empties itself in Church Street—"Maypole hill"—is one of the interesting features of the village. It was given by the Misses Frances and Maria Stanhope, of Banks Hall, in 1866, and was designed by Mr. Shaw of Saddleworth as being in character with the ancient Norman Cross built into the exterior East wall of the North Chancel aisle. It bears the text, "Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again: But whosoever
