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CLAYTON (West), a township in High Hoyland parish, W. R. Yorkshire; near the Barnesley and Wakefield railway, 6½ miles NW by N of Barnesley. It contains the hamlets of Cuttlehurst, Parkmill, Topitt, and Spring-Grove; and has a post office‡ under Huddersfield. Acres, 1, 098. Real property, £4, 371; of which £122 are in mines. Pop., 1, 532. Houses, 324. The woollen manufacture is largely carried on. There are chapels for Independents and Baptists; the former built in 1866.
(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: | High Hoyland Parish Yorkshire Ancient County |
| Place names: | CLAYTON | CLAYTON WEST | WEST CLAYTON |
| Place: | Clayton West |
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