Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BRIERLEY

BRIERLEY, a township in Felkirk parish, W. R. Yorkshire; adjacent to the Barnesley canal and the North Midland railway, 5½ miles NE of Barnesley. It includes the hamlet of Grimethorpe; and has a post office under Barnesley. Acres, 2,610. Real property, £3,635. Pop., 491. Houses, 106. Most of the inhabitants are cloth weavers.


(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: Brierley CP/Tn       Felkirk CP/AP       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Brierley

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