Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Sherburn

Sherburn.-- small market town, par., and township, E. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, 6¾ miles N. of Knottingley and 10¼ SW. of York by rail - par. (containing South Milford), 13,270 ac., pop. 4454; township, 4859 ac., pop.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "small market town"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Sherburn CP/AP       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Sherburn in Elmet

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