Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Woodhouse

Woodhouse, eccl. dist. and vil. with ry. sta. (Woodhouse Junction), Handsworth par., S. div. West-Riding Yorkshire - dist., pop. 3780; vil., 5 miles SE. of Sheffield by rail; is situated in a colliery district, and has sawmills.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "ecclesiastical district and village with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Handsworth AP/CP       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Woodhouse

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