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WOODHOUSE, a village in Handsworth parish, W. R. Yorkshire; 1 mile W by S of W.-Junction r. station, and 4½ ESE of Sheffield. It has a post-office under Sheffield, three dissenting chapels, a national school, and saw-mills; and it does much business in connexion with neighbouring collieries.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
Administrative units: | Handsworth AP/CP Yorkshire AncC |
Place: | Woodhouse |
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