Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Hemsworth

Hemsworth, par. and vil. with ry. sta., S. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, 8¼ miles SE. of Wakefield, 4161 ac., pop. 1665; P.O., T.O.; in vicinity of vil. is the seat of Hemsworth Hall.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish and village with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Hemsworth AP/CP       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Hemsworth

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