Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for MELTON (WEST)

MELTON (WEST), a village in Brampton-Bierlow township, Wath-upon-Dearne parish, W. R. Yorkshire; 5½ miles N of Rotherham. lt is a large and pleasant place, and has a post office under Rotherham.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Wath upon Dearne Parish       Yorkshire Ancient County
Place names: MELTON     |     MELTON WEST     |     WEST MELTON
Place: West Melton

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