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HOUGHTON (GREAT), a township in Darfield parish, W. R. Yorkshire; near the North Midland railway, 5¼ miles E of Barnesley. Acres, 1, 637. Real property, £2, 094. Pop., 309. Houses, 72. The manor belongs to the Milnes family. A ruined ancient hall is here, and has been partly converted into a public house. An old chapel adjoins the ruins, and is used as a chapel of ease. There are a Wesleyan chapel and a slightly endowed school. Elliott, the corn law rhymer, spent here the closing part of his life.
(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: | Darfield Parish Great Houghton Parish Yorkshire Ancient County |
| Place names: | GREAT HOUGHTON | HOUGHTON | HOUGHTON GREAT |
| Place: | Great Houghton |
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