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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Southey like this:
SOUTHEY, a village in Ecclesfield township, W. R. Yorkshire; 4¼ miles N of Sheffield.
Southey is now part of SHEFFIELD District. Click here for graphs and data of how SHEFFIELD has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Southey itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Southey, in Sheffield and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/26756
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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