A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Bradfield, township and vil., Ecclesfield par., S. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, 7 miles NW. of Sheffield, 38,425 ac., pop. 11,170; P.O. The ry. sta. is at Oughty Bridge, 3 miles E. of the vil. The township contains several large reservoirs for the water supply of Sheffield; one of them burst its embankment in 1864, and 250 persons were drowned.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "township and village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Bradfield CP/Ch Ecclesfield AP/CP Yorkshire AncC |
| Place: | Bradfield |
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