Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Hallamshire

Hallamshire, ancient lordship, in S. div. West-Riding Yorkshire; mentioned in Domesday Book as Hallam. It is now difficult to determine the boundaries, but the supposition is that the extent of the lordship is represented by the parishes of Sheffield and Ecclesfield.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "ancient lordship"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Yorkshire AncC
Place: Hallamshire

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