Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Wickersley

Wickersley, par. and vil., S. div. West-Riding Yorkshire - par., 1273 ac., pop. 798; vil., 3½ miles E. of Rotherham; P.O.; has quarries which supply the greater part of Sheffield grindstones; in vicinity of vil. is Wickersley Hall, seat.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Wickersley CP/AP       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Wickersley

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