Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Kilnhurst

Kilnhurst, eccl. dist. and vil. with ry. sta., Rawmarsh and Wath upon Dearne pars., S. div. West-Riding Yorkshire - dist., pop. 2562; vil., 4 miles NE. of Rotherham; P.O.; has collieries, iron and steel works, glass-bottle works, and earthenware manufacture.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "ecclesiastical district and village with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Yorkshire AncC
Place: Kilnhurst

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