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Penistone

Parish in the County of West Riding of Yorkshire

Etymology

The township of Denby (together with Clayton West and High Hoyland 320supra ) is now Denby Dale Urban District, Gunthwaite and Ingbirchworth are united and form a civil parish, Penistone is united with Hoyland Swaine (from Silkstone parish 308supra ) and part of Thurlstone (339infra ) to form the Urban District of Penistone, and the rest of Thurlstone township now forms the civil parish of Dunford (339infra ).

Major Settlements

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Other OS name