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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.
EMLEY, or Elmley, a village and a township in Wakefield district, and a parish partly also in Huddersfield district, W. R. Yorkshire. The village stands near one of the sources of the river Dearne, 3¾ miles WNW of Haigh r. station, and 7 ESE of Huddersfield; and has a post office under Wakefield, and fairs on 25 March and 29 Sept. The township includes also the hamlets of Bentley-Grange and Woodhouse. Acres, 3, 465. Real property, £5, 858; of which £1, 200 are in mines. Pop., 1, 441. Houses, 312. The parish includes also part of the township of Cumberworth-Half. Acres, 3, 715. Real property, with the rest of Cumberworth-Half, £9, 203. Pop., 2, 771. Houses, 573. The property is subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £422. Patron, the Earl of Scarborough. The church has an embattle tower, and is good. There are chapels for Wesleyans, Primitive Methodists, and U. Free Methodists, and charities £24.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a township" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Huddersfield RegD/PLU Yorkshire AncC |
| Place names: | ELMLEY | EMLEY | EMLEY OR ELMLEY |
| Place: | Emley |
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