Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for THURNSCOE

THURNSCOE, a parish in Doncaster district, W. R. Yorkshire; 2¼ miles NE of Darfield r. station. Post town, Swinton, under Rotherham. Acres, 1,665. Real property, £2,252. Pop., 196. Houses, 45. The manor belongs to the Rev. T. W. Simpson. The living is a rectory in the diocese of York. Value, £341.* Patron, Earl Fitzwilliam. The church was built in 1729. There are three alms houses.


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

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Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Thurnscoe AP/CP       Doncaster RegD/PLU       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Thurnscoe

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