In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Haigh like this:
HAIGH, a hamlet in Kexborough township, Darton parish, W. R. Yorkshire; on the Wakefield and Barnesley railway, 4½ miles NW of Barnesley. It has a station on the railway and a New Connexion Methodist chapel. Acres, 1, 650. Pop., 577. Birthwaite Hall here is a handsome Gothic edifice; and was the seat of the ancestors of Sir Francis Burdett.
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Haigh through time
Haigh is now part of Barnsley district. Click here for graphs and data of how Barnsley has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Haigh itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Haigh, in Barnsley and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25465
Date accessed: 17th October 2024
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