Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Wincobank

Wincobank, vil. with ry. sta., Ecclesfield township and par., and eccl. dist., extending into Rotherham and Sheffield pars., S. div. West-Riding Yorkshire - dist., pop. 3080; vil., 5½ miles S. of Sheffield; P.O.; on Wincobank Hill is an ancient camp.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "village with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Ecclesfield AP/CP       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Wincobank

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