Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Parkgate

Parkgate, eccl. dist. and vil. (ry. sta. Park Gate and Rawmarsh), Rotherham and Rawmarsh pars., S. div. West-Riding Yorkshire - dist., partly within the municipal limits of Rotherham, pop. 6318; vil., 2 miles NE. of Rotherham; P.O., T.O., called Park Gate; has extensive iron and steel works.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "ecclesiastical district and village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Yorkshire AncC
Place names: PARK GATE     |     PARKGATE
Place: Park Gate

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