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.
SCISSETT, a hamlet in High Hoyland parish, and a chapelry partly also in Emley parish, W. R. Yorkshire. The hamlet lies in Cumberworth township, 1½ mile S S W of Shepley r. station, and 4¼ N W by N of Penistone. The chapelry was constituted in 1840; and its post town is Shepley, under Huddersfield. Rated property, £2,077. Pop. in 1861, 3, 131. Houses, 610. The property is much subdivided. There are several worsted and woollen mills. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £133.* Patron, W. B. Beaumont, Esq. The church is modern; and there are five dissenting chapels, and a national school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a hamlet" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Emley AP/CP Yorkshire AncC |
| Place: | Scissett |
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