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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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SPROTBROUGH, a township and a parish in Doncaster district, W. R. Yorkshire. The township lies on the river Don, 1 mile N of the South Yorkshire railway, and 2½ SW of Doncaster; contains a well built village of its own name, and the hamlet of Cusworth; and has a post-office under Doncaster, a r. station, and a fine bridge 300 feet long, repaired in 1865 at a cost of £1,000. Real property, £4,550; of which £200 are in quarries. Pop., 339. Houses, 70. The manor belonged to the Fitz-williams; passed, before the time of Charles II., to the Copleys; and, with S. Hall, belongs now to Sir J. W. Copley, Bart. Cusworth Hall is the seat of W. B. Wrightson, Esq.—The parish contains also the township of Cadeby, and comprises 3,865 acres. Pop., 504. Houses, 106. The living is a rectory in the diocese of York. Value, £800.* Patron, Sir J. W. Copley, Bart. The church is good; and a chapel of ease, built in 1856, is in Cadeby. Charities, £6.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Spotbrough AP/Tn/CP Doncaster RegD/PLU Yorkshire AncC |
| Place: | Spotbrough |
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