In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Stannington like this:
STANNINGTON, a chapelry, with a village and several hamlets, in Ecclesfield parish, W. R. Yorkshire; 3¾ miles W of Sheffield r. station. It was constituted in 1843; and it has a post-office under Sheffield. Pop., 2,909. Houses, 554. Cutlery and hardware manufacture are carried on; and paper and fire-bricks are made. A Roman settlement was here. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of York. Value, £150. Patron, the Vicar of Ecclesfield. The church is modern. There are chapels for Primitive Methodists, Unitarians, and Roman Catholics, and a national school.
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Stannington through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Stannington, in Sheffield and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25510
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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