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Woolley

WOOLLEY, a chapelry, in the parish of Royston, wapentake of Staincross, W. riding of York, 5¾ miles (N. by W.) from Barnsley; containing 418 inhabitants. It lies on the road from Wakefield to Barnsley, and comprises 2569a. 14p., of which 1339 acres are arable, 836 meadow and pasture, 353 woodland, and 40 road and waste. Coal is obtainable, though not wrought; and there are quarries of good building-stone, in which are curious fossils. The living is a perpetual curacy; net income, £220; patron, G. Wentworth, Esq. A rent-charge of £370 has been awarded as a commutation for the tithes, payable to the Archbishop of York. The chapel, dedicated to St. Peter, is an ancient structure with a tower; the windows are decorated with stained glass, and the building contains some monuments to the Wentworth family. Sixteen children are instructed for £16. 7. per annum, arising from land bequeathed by Nicholas Burley, and from the interest of £140, the amount of various benefactions.

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

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