Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Skelmanthorpe

Skelmanthorpe, small town and township with ry. sta., Emley and High Hoyland pars., S. div. West-Riding Yorkshire. 3 miles E. of Shepley sta. and 6 miles SE. of Huddersfield, 1392 ac., pop. 3120; P.O.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "small town and township with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Yorkshire AncC
Place: Skelmanthorpe

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