Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Wath upon Dearne

Wath upon Dearne, town, par., and township with ry. sta. (Wath), S. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, 8 miles SE. of Barnsley - par., 11,045 ac., pop. 26,195; township, 1724 ac., pop. 3012; town, pop. 5491; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank. The town is a local government dist., and has collieries, ironworks, potteries, and quarries.


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

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Feature Description: "town, parish, and township"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Wath upon Dearne CP/AP       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Wath upon Dearne

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