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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Oxspring like this:
OXSPRING, a village and a township in Penistone parish, W. R. Yorkshire. The village stands 1½ mile E of Penistone, and is small. The township contains also the hamlets of Clays-Green, Roughbirchworth and Storrs. Acres, 530. Real property, £1, 659. Pop., 346. Houses, 64. The manor belongs to G. W. B. Bosville, Esq There are chapels for Independents and Wesleyans.
Oxspring is now part of BARNSLEY District. Click here for graphs and data of how BARNSLEY has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Oxspring itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Oxspring, in Barnsley and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13884
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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