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A vision of Britain through time
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TANKERSLEY, a township and a parish in Wortley district, W. R. Yorkshire. The township lies ¾ of a mile W of Westwood r. station, and 4½ S of Barnsley; and contains Pilley hamlet and Thorncliffe iron-works and collieries. Acres, 2,420. Real property, £14,725; of which £11,571 are in mines, £10 in quarries, and £100 in iron-works. Pop. in 1851, 833; in 1861, 1,403. Houses, 259. The increase of pop. arose from the opening of a new colliery. T. manor belongs to Earl Fitz-william; and Pilley manor to Lord Wharncliffe.—The parish includes also Wortley township, which has a post-office under Sheffield. Acres of the parish, 8,404. Pop., 2,524. Houses, 476. The living is a rectory in the diocese of York. Value, £475.* Patron, Earl Fitzwilliam. The church is Norman. The p. curacy of Wortley is a separate benefice. There is a national school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Tankersley CP/AP Wortley PLU/RegD Yorkshire AncC |
| Place: | Tankersley |
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