Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LANGSETT

LANGSETT, a township in Penistone parish, W. R. Yorkshire; on the river Little Don, adjacent to Cheshire, 3½ miles SW of Penistone. Acres, 4,370. Real property, £2,524; of which £85 are in mines, and £33 in quarries. Pop., 280. Houses, 51. The manor belongs to Sir L. M. N. S. Pilkington, Bart. Much of the land is waste moor and mountain. Coal is mined; fire-clay is found; and fire-bricks are made.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Langsett CP/Tn       Penistone AP/CP       West Riding Riding       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Langsett

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