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Barugh

BARUGH, a township, in the parish of Darton, wapentake of Staincross, W. riding of York, 2½ miles (W. N. W.) from Barnsley; containing 1266 inhabitants. It includes the villages of Barugh, Gawber, and Higham, and comprises 1693a. 2r. 21p., of which 1044 acres are arable, about 600 pasture, and 48 woodland; the soil is generally fertile, and the population is employed in weaving, bleaching, in the collieries of Gawber, and in agriculture. Gawber Hall, an ancient mansion, is now a farmhouse. The village of Barugh, though small, is neatly built, and advantageously situated near the Barnsley canal.

Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.

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