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PARKGATE, a village in Rotherham and Rawmarsh parishes, W. R. Yorkshire; 2 miles N of Rotherham. It has a post-office under Rotherham, extensive iron-works and steel-works, and a United Free Methodist chapel, built in 1867, at a cost of £2, 125.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
Administrative units: | Rawmarsh CP/AP Rotherham AP/CP Yorkshire AncC |
Place: | Park Gate |
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