Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for KIRKTHORPE

KIRKTHORPE, a hamlet in Warmfield parish, W. R. Yorkshire; on the river Calder, 2 miles E of Wakefield. It contains the parish church, the parsonage, an hospital, and alms houses.


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

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Feature Description: "a hamlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Yorkshire AncC

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