Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for PARKGATE

PARKGATE, a village in Rotherham and Rawmarsh parishes, W. R. Yorkshire; 2 miles N of Rotherham. It has a post-office under Rotherham, extensive iron-works and steel-works, and a United Free Methodist chapel, built in 1867, at a cost of £2, 125.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Rawmarsh CP/AP       Rotherham AP/CP       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Park Gate

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