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WATH-UPON-DEARNE, a small town, a township, and a sub-district, in Rotherham district, and a parish partly also in Barnsley district, W. R. Yorkshire. The town stands near the Dearne and Dove canal, and near the Midland and the South Yorkshire railways, 6 miles N of Rotherham; occupies a pleasant eminence; and has a post-office‡ under Rotherham, two railway stations, a hotel, a mechanics' institute, and a fair on 24 Nov. The township comprises 1,687 acres. Real property, £40,738; of which £35,043 are in railways, and £60 in gasworks. Pop. in 1851, 1,495; in 1861, 1,690. Houses, 353. The manor belongs to Earl Fitzwilliam. W. Hall is the seat of W. A. Earnshaw, Esq.; and Cross House, of W. Cadman, Esq. There are collieries, iron-works, potteries, and quarries.—The sub-district contains also Swinton, Wentworth, and Brampton-Bierlow townships; and comprises 8,697 acres. Pop. in 1851, 6,609; in 1861, 8,468. Houses, 1,719.—The parish includes also Nether Hoyland township, and comprises 10,709 acres. Pop. in 1851, 9,521; in 1861, 13,820. Houses, 2,732. The living is a vicarage, united with Adwick-upon-Dearne in the diocese of York. Value, £315.* Patron, Christchurch, Oxford. The church is ancient but good, and has a tower and spire. There are three Methodist chapels, an endowed school with £30 a year, a subscription school for girls, and charities £254. The p. curacies of Swinton, Kilnhurst, Wentworth, Elsecar, Brampton-Bierlow, Thorpe-Heseley, and Hoyland are separate benefices.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a small town, a township, and a sub-district" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Wath upon Dearne CP/AP Barnsley RegD/PLU Yorkshire AncC |
| Place: | Wath upon Dearne |
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