Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for CARLTON

CARLTON, a township in Roystone parish, W. R..Yorkshire; adjacent to the Barnesley canal, and the York and Derby railway, 3 miles NNE of Barnesley. Acres, 1,953. Real property, £4,049; of which £1,500 are in mines. Pop., 351. Houses, 84.


(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: Yorkshire Ancient County
Place: Carlton

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