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.
THURGOLAND, a township-chapelry, with a village, in Silkstone parish, W. R. Yorkshire; 2 miles NNE of Wortley r. station, and 5 SW of Barnsley. It has a post-office under Sheffield. Acres, 2,080. Real property, £6,122; of which £1,777 are in mines. Pop. in 1851, 1,548; in 1861, 1,783. Houses, 356. The manor belongs to the Earl of Scarborough. Coal is worked; and charcoaland steel wire are made. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £150.* Patron, the Vicar of Silkstone. The church was built in 1842. There are two Methodist chapels and a national school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township-chapelry, with a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Silkstone CP/AP Thurgoland CP/Tg Yorkshire AncC |
| Place: | Thurgoland |
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