Stanley | As described in John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887)

Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Stanley

Stanley.-- eccl. dist., township, and vil. with ry. sta., Wakefield par., S. div. West-Riding Yorkshire - dist., pop. 4729; township (Stanley with Wrenthorpe - partly in the borough of Wakefield), 4074 ac., pop. 13,431; vil., 2 miles NE. of Wakefield; P.O.; has brickfields and ropemaking; at Pindar's Field Robin Hood is said to have fought the Pindar of Wakefield.

(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description:	"ecclesiastical district" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units:	Stanley Parish Yorkshire Ancient County
Place:	Stanley

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