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SHIREOAKS, a chapelry, with a village, in Worksop parish, Notts; on the Manchester and Lincolnshire railway, 2½ miles WNW of Worksop. It has a post-office under Worksop, and a r. station. Acres, 848. Pop., about 700. The manor belongs to the Duke of Newcastle. S. Hall is the seat of B. Eddison, Esq. A colliery here was begun in 1854; reached the top of the hard coal beds, at a depth of 1,545 feet in 1859; and employs about 450 men and boys. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £190.* Patron, the Duke of Newcastle. The new church was built in 1863; the old one was converted into a school for boys; and a new school was built for girls.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a chapelry, with a village" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
Administrative units: | Worksop CP/AP Nottinghamshire AncC |
Place: | Shireoaks |
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