In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Crookes like this:
CROOKS and CROOKS-MOOR, two hamlets and a chapelry in Nether-Hallam and Eccleshall-Bierlow townships, Sheffield parish, W. R. Yorkshire. The hamlets lie adjacent to the boundary with Derbyshire, 4 miles SW of Sheffield. The chapelry was constituted in 1849. Post town, Sheffield. Pop., 3, 452. Houses, 713. The property here is much subdivided. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of York. Value* and patron not reported. The church is very good.
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Crookes through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Crookes, in Sheffield and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25429
Date accessed: 18th April 2024
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