Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for TANSHELF

TANSHELF, a township in Pontefract parish, W.R. Yorkshire; adjacent to the W end of Pontefract. Acres, 270. Real property, £2,737. Pop. in 1851, 601; in 1861, 776. Houses, 160. There are several neat villas.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Pontefract AP/CP       Tanshelf CP/Tn       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Tanshelf

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