Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HOYLAND (HIGH)

HOYLAND (HIGH), a village, a township, and a subdistrict in Wortley district, and a parish partly also in Huddersfield district, W. R. Yorkshire. The village stands on an eminence, 2¾ miles WNW of Darton r. station, and 5½ NW of Barnsley; and is a picturesque place.-The township comprises 836 acres. Real property, £1, 133; of which £21 are in mines. Pop., 224. Houses, 46.—The parish contains also, in Wortley district, the township of West Clayton, which has a post office under Huddersfield; and, in Huddersfield district, the larger part of the township of Cumberworth. Acres, inclusive of all Cumberworth, 2, 864. Real property, inclusive of all C., £10, 360; of which £211 are in mines. Pop., inclusive of only the H. H. part of C., 3, 357. Houses, 679. The property is divided among a few. The manor of H. H. belongs to w. B. Beaumont, Esq.; and that of West Clayton, to the Earl of Scarborongh. There are several worsted mills; and the manufacture of fancywoollens and vestings, and the spinning of twine and flax, are carried on. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £455. * Patron, W. B. Beaumont, Esq. The church is good. The p. curacy of Scissctt is a separate benefice. There are four dissenting chapels, and charities £20.—The sub-district contains the two Wortley townships of H. H. parish, and a township of Penistone parish. Acres, 4, 804. Pop., 3, 569Houses, 745.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village, a township, and a subdistrict"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Huddersfield RegD/PLU       Yorkshire AncC
Place names: HIGH HOYLAND     |     HOYLAND     |     HOYLAND HIGH
Place: High Hoyland

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