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.
Normanton.-- town, par., and township, S. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, 3 miles NE. of Wakefield and 10 miles SE. of Leeds by rail - par., 4124 ac., pop. 12,452; town and township, 1227 ac., pop. 8038; P.O., T.O., 1 newspaper. Normanton carries on coal mining, iron working, and a large agricultural trade. The sta. is one of great importance, being the junction of 3 extensive railways, the Midland, the Lancashire and Yorkshire, and the North-Eastern.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "town, parish, and township" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Normanton CP/AP Yorkshire AncC |
| Place: | Normanton |
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