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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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