A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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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.
HUNSHELF, a township in Penistone parish, W. R. Yorkshire; near the river Don and the Sheffield railway, 2 miles S of Penistone. It includes the hamlets of Greenmoor and Snowden-Hill, and comprises 3, 120 acres. Real property, £5, 369; of which £1, 600 are in ironworks, and £600 in quarries. Pop. in 1851, 729; in 1861, 1, 150. Houses, 210. The increase of pop. was caused by the establishment of large steel wire works at Stock's-Bridge, about 1¼ mile W of Deepcar r. station. The manor belongs to Lord Wharncliffe. Flagstone is extensively quarried; and red and black fire clay abound. There is a New Connexion Methodist chapel.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Hunshelf Tn/CP Penistone AP/CP Yorkshire AncC |
| Place: | Hunshelf |
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