Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Beauchief Abbey

Beauchief Abbey, par. and seat with ry. sta., E. Derbyshire, 3 miles SW. of Sheffield, 748 ac., pop. 96; the church (1660) has a tower belonging to an abbey founded in 1183.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish and seat with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Beauchief CP/ExP       Derbyshire AncC
Place: Beauchief

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