Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Stainbrough

Stainbrough, township and vil., Silkstone par., S. div. West-Riding Yorkshire - township, 1719 ac., pop. 529; vil., 3 miles SW. of Barnsley; P.O.; has an endowed school; Joseph Bramah (1749-1814), of lockmaking celebrity, was a native; in vicinity of vil. is Stainbrough Hall, seat.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "township and village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Silkstone CP/AP       Stainbrough Tn/Ch/CP       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Stainbrough

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