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GREENOSIDE, or GRENOSIDE, a large village in Ecclesfield township and parish, W. R. Yorkshire; 2 miles N of Wadsley r. station, and 4½ N by W of Sheffield. It has a post office under Sheffield, schools, and a workhouse; and it carries on extensive industry in the cutlery trade, in iron founding, and in stone quarrying. Greno House and Greno Wood are in the vicinity.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a large village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
Administrative units: | Ecclesfield AP/CP Yorkshire AncC |
Place names: | GREENOSIDE | GREENOSIDE OR GRENOSIDE | GRENOSIDE |
Place: | Grenoside |
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