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A vision of Britain through time
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CAMPSALL, a township, a parish, and a subdistrict in Doncaster district, W. R. Yorkshire. The township adjoins the Doncaster and Wakefield railway, 1½ mile W of Askern station, and 7½ N by W of Doncaster; and includes the hamlet of Barnsdale. Acres, 1,470. Real property, £2,480. Pop., 349. Houses, 64. The parish contains also the townships of Askern, Norton, Fenwick, Moss, and part of Sutton; and its Post Town is Askern under Doncaster. Acres, 9,390. Real property, with the rest of Sutton, £14,816. Pop., 1,948. Houses, 427. The property is not much divided. Campsall Hall is the seat of F. B. Frank, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York. Value, £140.* Patron, G.Yarborough, Esq. The church is ancient. The vicarage of Askern is a separate benefice. There are three Methodist chapels, an endowed school for girls, a national school, and some charities. The subdistricts contain six parishes, and parts of two others. Acres, 25,671. Pop., 4,549. Houses, 1,003.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township, a parish, and a subdistrict" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Campsall AP/CP Campsall SubD Doncaster RegD/PLU Yorkshire AncC |
| Place: | Campsall |
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