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GRIMESTHORPE, a village in Brightside Bierlow township, Sheffield parish, W. R. Yorkshire; 2 miles N of Sheffield. It has extensive cutlery works, a Wesleyan chapel, a Free Methodist chapel, and a national school; and near it are the Victuallers' hospital, with a monument in front to the late Mr. Wiley. Near it also is an ancient camp.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Sheffield Parish Yorkshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Grimesthorpe |
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