A vision of Britain through time
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
HOOTON-ROBERTS, a village and a parish in Rotherham district, W. R. Yorkshire. The village stands 2¼ miles S by E of Mexborough r. station, and 4½ NE of Rotherham; and has a post office under Rotherham. The parish comprises 1, 048 acres. Real property, £1, 306; of which £72 are in quarries. Pop., 241. Houses, 43. The land all belongs to Earl Fitzwilliam. A seat of the Earl of Strafford, who suffered decapitation in the time of Charles I., was here; and was inhabited by his Countess several years after his. death. Limestone and freestone abound. The living is a rectory in the diocese of York. Value, £340. * Patron, Earl Fitzwilliam. The church is later English, in very good condition; and has a fine Norman arch, a square tower, and a very ancient font.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Hooton Roberts CP/AP Rotherham RegD/PLU Yorkshire AncC |
| Place: | Hooton Roberts |
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