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DARTON, a village, a township, and a sub-district in Barnsley district, and a parish partly also in Wortley district, W. R. Yorkshire. The village stands on the river Dearne, near the Wakefield and Barnsley railway, 3¼ miles NW of Barnsley; and has a station on the railway, and a post office under Barnsley. The township includes also the hamlets of Blacker, Broadroyd-Head, Carr-Green, Darton-Lane-Head, Mapplewell, Staincross, and Swallow-Hill. Acres, 1, 337. Real property, £7, 492; of which £3, 546 are in mines. Pop., 2, 216. Houses, 431. The parish contains likewise the townships of Barugh and Kexborough. Acres, 4, 206. Real property, £15, 118. Pop., 4, 592. Houses, 910. The property is divided among a few. Coal and stone are worked. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £197.* Patron, T. W. Beaumont, Esq. The church is good; and there are chapels for Independents, Wesleyans, and New Connexion Methodists, two endowed schools, and charities £180. The vicarage of Gawber is a separate benefice. The sub-district comprises Darton township, and four townships and a chapelry of Roystone. Acres, 11, 170. Pop., 4, 450. Houses, 920.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village, a township, and a sub-district" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Darton AP/CP Wortley PLU/RegD Yorkshire AncC |
| Place: | Darton |
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