A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
WARMSWORTH, a parish, with a village, in Doncaster district, W. R. Yorkshire; 1 mile ESE of Sprotborough r. station, and 2½ SW of Doncaster. It has a post-office under Doncaster. Acres, with Carr-House and Elm-Field extra-parochial tracts, 1,042. Real property, £3,336; of which £850 are in quarries. Pop., 361. Houses, 80. The manor belongs to W. B. Wrightson, Esq.; and W. Hall is the residence of R. H. Wrightson, Esq. The quarries of Levett-Hagg Cliff have a vertical height of 75 feet. The living is a rectory in the diocese of York. Value, £178.* Patron, W. B. Wrightson, Esq. The church is modern. There are a Quakers' chapel, a national school, and charities £5. The poet Fawkes was a native.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish, with a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Warmsworth CP/AP Doncaster RegD/PLU Yorkshire AncC |
| Place: | Warmsworth |
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