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.
WARMFIELD, a parish in Wakefield district, W. R. Yorkshire; 2 miles NNE of Oakenshaw r. station, and 3½ E of Wakefield. It comprises W.-with-Heath and Sharleston townships, and contains three villages and a hamlet. Post town, Wakefield. Acres, 2,618. Real property, £4,692; of which £40 are in quarries. Pop., 1,045. Houses, 207. W. Manor belongs to H.M. Ingram, Esq.; and Sharleston manor, to the Earl of Westmoreland. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York. Value, £240.* Patron, Clare College, Cambridge. The church is early English and was restored in 1852. There are endowed schools with £52 a year, alms houses with £35, and other charities £29.
(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: | Wakefield RegD/PLU Yorkshire AncC |
| Place: | Warmfield |
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