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DALTON, a township in Rotherham and Thrybergh parishes, and a chapelry in Rotherham, Thrybergh, and Ecclesfield parishes, W. R. Yorkshire. The township lies 2 miles E of Rotherham; and includes the village of Dalton-Brook. The part of it in Thrybergh is known as Dalton-Magna; and the part in Rotherham, as Dalton-Par-Acres, 1, 400. Real property, £2, 202; of which £269 are in quarries. Pop., 336. Houses, 75. The chapelry was constituted in 1850; and its post town is Rotherham. Rated property, £2, 230. Pop., 369. Houses, 79. The property is divided among a few. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of York. Value. £200.* Patron, G. S. Foljambe, Esq. The church is good.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a township" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
Administrative units: | Ecclesfield AP/CP Yorkshire AncC |
Place: | Dalton |
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