Harthill with Woodall, West Riding of Yorkshire
Historical Description
Harthill-with-Woodall, a parish in the W.R. Yorkshire, comprising the village of Harthill and the hamlet of WoodalL The village stands near the boundary with Derbyshire, 2 miles SW of Riveton Park station on the M.S. & L.E., and '6 W of Worksop, and has a post and money order office under Sheffield; telegraph office, Riveton Park. Acreage, 3048 of land and 59 of water; population of the civil parish, 1309; of the ecclesiastical, 1396. The manor, with nearly all the property, belongs to the Duke of Leeds. Sandstone and mag-nesian limestone are quarried, and there are valuable seams of coal. The living is a rectory in the diocese of York; net value,, £536 with residence. Patron, the Duke of Leeds. The church was originally Norman, has been more than once restored, and contains the family vault of the Dukes of Leeds. There are Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist chapels.
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for the West Riding of Yorkshire is available to browse.
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following West Riding newspapers online: