In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Cawthorne like this:
CAWTHORNE, a village, a parish, and a subdistrict in Wortley district, W. R. Yorkshire. The Village stands 2 miles NNW of Silkstone r. station, and 4½ WNW of Barnesley; and has a post office under Barnesley. The parish includes also Barnby-Basin hamlet, at the end of Barnesley canal, and the hamlets of BarnbyFurnace, Deacon-Brook, and Norcroft. ...
Acres, 3,440. Real property, £5,684. Pop., 1,283. Houses, 271. The property is divided among six. Coal, limestone, and ironstone are worked. The living is a p. curacy, under the vicarage of Silkstone, in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £119. Patron, J. S. Stanhope, Esq. The church is old but fair; and there are Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist chapels, and a slightly endowed school.-The subdistrict contains also parts of two other parishes. Acres, 8,396. Pop., 4,825. Houses, 973.
Cawthorne through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Cawthorne, in Barnsley and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11997
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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