Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for GLEADLESS

GLEADLESS, a hamlet in Handsworth parish, W. R. Yorkshire; 3¼ miles SE of Sheffield. It forms a curacy with Handsworth; and it has a church built in 1840, an Independent chapel, and a national school. Table-blade forging and coal mining are carried on.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a hamlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Handsworth AP/CP       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Gleadless

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