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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
GAWBER, a hamlet and a chapelry in Darton parish, W. R. Yorkshire. The hamlet is in Barugh township; lies near Darton r. station, 2 miles NW of Barnesley; and has a post office under Barnesley. The chapelry was constituted in 1849. Rated property, £1, 370. Pop., 1, 421. Houses, 282. The property is much subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £113.* Patron, the Vicar of Darton. The church is good.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a hamlet and a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Darton AP/CP Yorkshire AncC |
| Place: | Gawber |
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