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WENTWORTH CASTLE, the seat of the Wentworth family in Stainbrough township, W. R. Yorkshire; 3 miles SSW of Barnsley. It was built, on the site of a previous castle, in 1730 and 1768, by the second and third Earls of Strafford; and is a splendid edifice, in the Grecian style.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "the seat" (ADL Feature Type: "residential sites") |
| Administrative units: | Yorkshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Wentworth Castle |
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