Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WOMBWELL

WOMBWELL, a village and a township-chapelry in Darfield parish, W. R. Yorkshire. The village stands on the Dearne and Dove canal, adjacent to the South Yorkshire railway, 4½ miles SE by E of Barnsley; and has a post-office‡ under Barnsley, and a r. station with telegraph. The chapelry includes Hemingfield village, and comprises 3,557 acres. Real property, £23,199; of which £13,922 are in mines. Pop. in 1851, 1,627; in 1861, 3,738. Houses, 659. The increase of pop. arose from the opening of new coal mines, clay-works, and brick-yards. The manor belongs to H. H. Wombwell, Esq. Netherwood Hall is the seat of H. Garland , Esq. An explosion, killing 198 men, occurred at Lundhill colliery in 1857. The living is a rectory in the diocese of York. Value, £240. Patrons, Trinity College, Cambridge, two turns, and the Rector of Darfield one turn. The church is early English. An Independent chapel, in the Grecian style, was built in 1867. There are also Methodist chapels and three Church schools.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a township-chapelry"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Darfield Tn/CP/AP       Wombwell Tn/CP       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Wombwell

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