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In 1822, the following places were in


the Parish of High Hoyland:


"BILHAM GRANGE, a farm-house in the township of Clayton, and parish of High Hoyland; 7 miles NW. of Barnsley and 7 miles from Penistone."


"BRETTON DYKES, a farm-house and Mill, in the township and parish of High Hoyland; 6 miles NW. of Barnsley and Wakefield."


"BUSKER, a hamlet in the lordship of Skelmanthorpe, and parish of High Hoyland; 8 miles from Huddersfield."


"CISSET, a hamlet in the township of Clayton, and parish of High Hoyland, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley; 8 miles SE. of Huddersfield and Wakefield."


"CLAYTON WEST, in the parish of High Hoyland, wapentake of Staincross, liberty of Pontefract; 7 miles SE. of Huddersfield, 7 miles from Barnsley and Penistone, 9 from Wakefield. Pop. 854."


"LOWER CUMBERWORTH, (or Nether Cumberworth) in the parish of High Hoyland, wapentake of Staincross, liberty of Pontefract; 6 miles NW. of Penistone, 8 from Huddersfield, 10 from Barnsley. Pop. 1,295."


"PARK GATE, in the parish of High Hoyland and wapentake of Staincross; 8 miles SE. of Huddersfield."


"SKELMANTHORPE, in the townships of Cumberworth, and Cumberworth half, and parishes of High Hoyland and Emley, liberty of Pontefract; 8 miles SE. of Huddersfield and Wakefield."


"TOPPIT, a hamlet in the township of Clayton, and parish of High Hoyland; 6 miles N. of Penistone."

[Description(s) edited from various 19th century sources by Colin Hinson © 2007]


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