In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Woodsetts like this:
WOODSETTS, a township-chapelry in Anston parish, W. R. Yorkshire; 2 miles NNW of Shireoak r. station, and 4 NW by W of Worksop. Post town, Worksop-Acres, 838. Real property, £1,948. Pop., 164. Houses, 42. The manor belongs to Sir F. W. White, Bart. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York-Value, £230.* Patron, the Archbishop of York. The church was built in 1841. There is a parochial school.
Woodsetts through time
Woodsetts is now part of Rotherham district. Click here for graphs and data of how Rotherham has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Woodsetts itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Woodsetts, in Rotherham and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/14493
Date accessed: 05th November 2024
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