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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Eldon like this:
ELDON, a chapelry in Sheffield parish, W. R. Yorkshire; around Eldonstreet in Sheffield. It was constituted in 1846. Post town, Sheffield. Pop., 6, 030. Houses, 1, 259. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York. Value, £300.* Patron, alternately the Crown and the Archbishop.
Eldon is now part of SHEFFIELD District. Click here for graphs and data of how SHEFFIELD has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Eldon itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Eldon, in Sheffield and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25552
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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