Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for THORNCLIFFE

THORNCLIFFE, a village in Rawmarsh parish, W. R. Yorkshire; 6½ miles N of Sheffield. It has collieries, iron-works, and a fine Wesleyan chapel of 1866.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Rawmarsh CP/AP       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Thorncliffe

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