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Warmsworth (St. Peter)

WARMSWORTH (St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Doncaster, S. division of the wapentake of Strafforth and Tickhill, W. riding of York, 2¾ miles (S. W.) from Doncaster; containing 358 inhabitants. It comprises 1032a. 3r. 33p., of which 652 acres are arable, 325 in grass, and 55 woodland, &c.; the soil is fertile, and there are extensive limestone-quarries on the banks of the navigable river Don, which separates the parish from that of Sprotbrough. The village is situated on the road from Sheffield to Doncaster, and in the vicinity is a flint-mill. The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the king's books at £6. 10. 10., and in the gift of W. B. Wrightson, Esq., who resides at Warmsworth Hall: the tithes have been commuted for £59. 17. to the Archbishop of York, £2. 5. to the vicar of Conisbrough, and £49. 16. to an impropriator; the glebe contains 44¾ acres. The present church, erected at the expense of the late Mr. Wrightson, on the site of the old edifice, which was pulled down in 1810, is a neat structure about half a mile from the village, overlooking the river. At an angle of the garden wall belonging to the parsonage is a tower containing the church bell. Here was formerly a place of worship for the Society of Friends, founded in the time of George Fox, and one of the first meeting-houses belonging to that sect.

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

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