In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Gleadless like this:
GLEADLESS, a hamlet in Handsworth parish, W. R. Yorkshire; 3¼ miles SE of Sheffield. It forms a curacy with Handsworth; and it has a church built in 1840, an Independent chapel, and a national school. Table-blade forging and coal mining are carried on.
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Gleadless through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Gleadless, in Sheffield and Derbyshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24230
Date accessed: 24th April 2024
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