Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HILLAM

HILLAM, a township in Monk-Frystone parish, W. R. Yorkshire; on the North Midland railway, 4 miles N of Ferrybridge. Acres, 1, 660. Real property, £2, 233. Pop., 319. Houses, 77. Hillam Hall is a fine Tudor mansion. Limestone is largely quarried. There is a Wesleyan chapel.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Yorkshire AncC
Place: Hillam

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