Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Wentworth

Wentworth, township and vil., Wath upon Dearne par., S. div. West-Riding Yorkshire - township, 2328 ac., pop. 1792; vil., 4½ m. NW. of Rotherham; P.O.,T.O.; Wentworth Woodhouse is the seat of Earl Fitzwilliam.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "township and village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Wath upon Dearne CP/AP       Wentworth Ch/CP       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Wentworth

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