In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Great Houghton like this:
HOUGHTON (GREAT), a township in Darfield parish, W. R. Yorkshire; near the North Midland railway, 5¼ miles E of Barnesley. Acres, 1, 637. Real property, £2, 094. Pop., 309. Houses, 72. The manor belongs to the Milnes family. A ruined ancient hall is here, and has been partly converted into a public house. An old chapel adjoins the ruins, and is used as a chapel of ease. There are a Wesleyan chapel and a slightly endowed school. Elliott, the corn law rhymer, spent here the closing part of his life.
Great Houghton through time
Great Houghton is now part of Barnsley district. Click here for graphs and data of how Barnsley has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Great Houghton itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Great Houghton, in Barnsley and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13017
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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