Row about empty school in Yorkshire town (8)
I believe the answer is:
barnsley
'yorkshire town' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'row about empty school' is the wordplay.
'row' becomes 'barney' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'empty' suggests removing the centre.
'school' with its middle taken out is 'sl'.
'barney' placed around 'sl' is 'BARNSLEY'.
'in' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for barnsley that I've seen before include "S. Yorks. industrial town" , "Large South Yorkshire town" , "A South Yorks. town" .)