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.
KEXBOROUGH, a village and a township in Darton parish, W. R. Yorkshire. The village stands on an eminence, near the Wakefield and Barnsley railway, 4 miles NW of Barnsley; and is believed to occupy the site of a Roman station. The township contains also the hamlets of Haigh and Swithin. Acres, 1, 450. Real property, £3, 237; of which £200 are in quarries. Pop., 605. Houses, 124. The manor belongs to W. B. Beaumont, Esq. Birthwaite Hall, a handsome Gothic mansion, was the residence of the ancestors of Sir Francis Burdett. There are a New Connexion Methodist chapel, and a slightly endowed school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a township" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Darton AP/CP Kexborough CP/Tn Yorkshire AncC |
| Place: | Kexborough |
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