In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Kexborough like this:
KEXBOROUGH, a village and a township in Darton parish, W. R. Yorkshire. The village stands on an eminence, near the Wakefield and Barnsley railway, 4 miles NW of Barnsley; and is believed to occupy the site of a Roman station. The township contains also the hamlets of Haigh and Swithin. Acres, 1, 450. ...
Real property, £3, 237; of which £200 are in quarries. Pop., 605. Houses, 124. The manor belongs to W. B. Beaumont, Esq. Birthwaite Hall, a handsome Gothic mansion, was the residence of the ancestors of Sir Francis Burdett. There are a New Connexion Methodist chapel, and a slightly endowed school.
Kexborough through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Kexborough, in Barnsley and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13178
Date accessed: 23rd October 2024
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