A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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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.
BOLSTERSTONE, a chapelry in Ecclesfield parish, W. R. Yorkshire; on the river Don, 1 ¼ mile SW of Deepcar r. station, and 8 NW by N of Sheffield. It has a post office under Sheffield. Real property, £2,996. Pop., 1,904. There are collieries, coke-works, and chemical works. Bolsterstone hill is 976 feet high. The living is a p. curacy in the dio. of York. Value, £119.* Patron, J. R. Wilson, Esq. The church is plain. There are a Roman Catholic chapel and a free school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Ecclesfield AP/CP Yorkshire AncC |
| Place: | Bolsterstone |
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