A vision of Britain through time
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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.
FELKIRK, a parish in Hemsworth district, W. R. Yorkshire; on the Leeds and Rotherham railway, 1 ½ mile NE of Royston and Notton r. station, and 5 NE by N of Barnesley. It contains the townships of Brierley, Shafton, South Hiendley, and Havercroft-with-Cold-Hiendley; the first of which has a post office under Barnesley. Acres, 5, 872. Real property, £8, 831. Pop., 1, 106. Houses, 248. The place which gives name to the parish is only a single farm-house. Building-stone is quarried. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York. Value, 136.* Patron, the Archbishop of York. The church is ancient but good, and has an embattled tower. There is a Wesleyan chapel. An endowed school has £19; and other charities £14.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Felkirk CP/AP Hemsworth RegD/PLU Yorkshire AncC |
| Place: | Felkirk |
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