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WORSBOROUGH

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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 833 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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WORSBOROUGH  , an See also:

urban See also:district in the See also:Holmfirth See also:parliamentary See also:division of the W . See also:Riding of See also:Yorkshire, See also:England, 3 M . S. of See also:Barnsley, near the See also:Sheffield & Barnsley See also:branch of the See also:Great Central railway, and on a branch of the Deame & See also:Dove See also:canal . Pop . (1901) 10,336 . The See also:church of St See also:Mary is an interesting structure with remains of See also:Norman See also:work, but chiefly of See also:Early See also:English date . There are extensive collieries and See also:gunpowder See also:mills near, and in the See also:town See also:iron and See also:steel See also:works and See also:corn mills .

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We live in Cheshire and visited Worsborough on Friday, 9th September and would have liked to have looked inside the church. Other than during church services, when is it possible to gain entry? Regards Aileen Scoltock
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