Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Silkstone

Silkstone, par., township, and vil. with ry. sta., S. div. West-Riding Yorkshire - par. (containing Barnsley), 13,598 ac., pop. 38,566; township, 1497 ac., pop. 1433; vil., 1 mile N. of sta. and 4 miles W. of Barnsley; P.O., and P.O. at Silkstone Common.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish, township, and village with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Silkstone CP/AP       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Silkstone

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