Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for TICKHILL

TICKHILL, a small town, a township, a parish, and a sub-district, in Doncaster district, W. R. Yorkshire. The town stands in a valley, 4¼ miles W of Bawtry r. station; was anciently called Dadesley; took its present name from a castle founded by Roger de Busli, and called Th'wick hill, signifying "the fortified hill;" consists of three streets in nearly cruciform alignment; and has a post-office‡ under Rotherham, a market-cross of 1776, a fine church of the time of Richard II., Independent and Wesleyan chapels, remains of an Augustinian priory and of an ancient hospital, a national school, alms houses with £48 a year, other charities £28, and a fair on the second Friday of Oct. The castle was the seat of an extensive baronial liberty; passed to John of Gaunt; was garrisoned for Charles I.; suffered partial demolition by the parliamentarians; and is now represented by considerable remains, adjoined to a picturesque modern mansion.-The township extends into the country; and contains an ancient Tudor house, called The Friars. Real property, £11,392. Pop., 1,915. Houses, 468.—The parish includes also Stancill township, and comprises 6,514 acres. Pop., 1,980. Houses, 477. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York. Value, £281.* Patron, G. S. Foljambe, Esq.—The sub-district contains 7 parishes, 3 parts, and an extra-parochial tract. Acres, 25,763. Pop., 6,950. Houses, 1,566.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a small town, a township, a parish, and a sub-district"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Tickhill CP/AP       Tickhill SubD       Doncaster RegD/PLU       Yorkshire AncC
Place names: DADESLEY     |     TICKHILL
Place: Tickhill

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