Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HOYLAND (NETHER)

HOYLAND (NETHER), a village, a township, and a chapelry in Wath-upon-Dearne parish, W. R. Yorkshire. The village stands 1 mile E of the South Yorkshire railway, and 5 SE by S of Barnsley; is a large place; and has a station, jointly with Birdwell, on the railway, and a post office, ‡ of the name of Hoyland, under Barnsley. The township contains also the hamlets of Broadcar, Hoyland-Lane-End, Upper Hoyland, and Stubbin, and part of the village of Elsecar. Acres, 2, 012. Real property, £21, 978; of which £11, 550 are in mines. Pop. in 1851, 2, 912; in 1861, 5, 352. Houses, 1, 013. The increase of pop. arose from increase of employment in collieries, brickyards, iron foundries, and rolling mills. The extensive iron works, called the Milton and Elsecar furnaces, are here. The manor, and much of the land, belong to Earl Fitzwilliam. The chapelry excludes a part of the township, which is within Elsecar chapelry. Pop., 3, 645. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of York. Value, £400.* Patron, Earl Fitzwilliam. The church was rebuilt in 1830; is in the pointed style; and consists of nave and chancel, with tower and lofty spire. There are five dissenting chapels, a mechanics' institution, a national school, and charities £7.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village, a township, and a chapelry"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Wath upon Dearne CP/AP       Yorkshire AncC
Place names: HOYLAND     |     HOYLAND NETHER     |     NETHER HOYLAND
Place: Hoyland Nether

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