In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Bolsterstone like this:
BOLSTERSTONE, a chapelry in Ecclesfield parish, W. R. Yorkshire; on the river Don, 1 ¼ mile SW of Deepcar r. station, and 8 NW by N of Sheffield. It has a post office under Sheffield. Real property, £2,996. Pop., 1,904. There are collieries, coke-works, and chemical works. Bolsterstone hill is 976 feet high. The living is a p. curacy in the dio. of York. Value, £119.* Patron, J. R. Wilson, Esq. The church is plain. There are a Roman Catholic chapel and a free school.
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Bolsterstone through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Bolsterstone, in Sheffield and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24825
Date accessed: 26th April 2024
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