Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Hoyland, High

Hoyland, High, par. and township, S. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, on an eminence, 5½ miles SE. of Barnsley - par., 3385 ac. (including part of Emley), pop. 3438; township, 853 ac., pop. 232; has cotton and worsted mills.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish and township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: High Hoyland CP/AP       Yorkshire AncC
Place names: HIGH HOYLAND     |     HOYLAND     |     HOYLAND HIGH
Place: High Hoyland

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