Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for NETHERTON

NETHERTON, a village in Shillington township, Thornhill parish, W. R. Yorkshire; 4¼ miles S W of Wakefield. Coal-pits are adjacent.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Thornhill AP/CP       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Netherton

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