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In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Smithies like this:
Smithies, vil., Monk Bretton township, Roystone par., S. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, 2 miles NE. of Barnsley; P.O.
Smithies is now part of BARNSLEY District. Click here for graphs and data of how BARNSLEY has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Smithies itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Smithies, in Barnsley and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/26754
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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