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.
SHITLINGTON, a township, with four villages, in Thornhill parish, W. R. Yorkshire; in the vale of the Calder, 1½ mile SW of Horbury r. station, and 5¾ SW by W of Wakefield. Acres, 3,409. Real property, £10,732; of which £3,780 are in mines, £15 in quarries, and £210 in railways. Pop., 2,022. Houses, 408. Coal is extensive1y worked; and the woollen manufacture is carried on. There are two Wesleyan chapels.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township, with four villages" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Sitlington CP/Tn Thornhill AP/CP Yorkshire AncC |
| Place: | Sitlington |
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