A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Penistone, market town, par., and township with ry. sta., S. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, on river Don, 124 miles NW. of Sheffield and 170 miles NW. of London par., 22,776 ac., pop. 9094; town and township, 1133 ac., pop. 2254; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank. Market-day, Thursday. There are large steel works, steam sawmills, and a brewery. Stone quarries and collieries are in the neighbourhood. Formerly the town had some trade in woollen goods, but the industry has disappeared. A, stone viaduct, with 29 arches and 76 ft. in height, passes I through the estate of Water Hall; it is on the line of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "market town, parish and township, with railway station" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Penistone AP/CP Yorkshire AncC |
| Place: | Penistone |
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