. The earth and its inhabitants .. . the inhabitants to have their corn ground in certain mills was in force as recentlyas 1853. Amongst the scholars who attended the grammar school of the townwere Dr. Radcliffe, the founder of the Radclifie Library, and Dr. Bentley, the YORKSHIRE. 359 critic. The battle of Wakefield, in which the Duke of York was defeated andslain by the forces of Queen Margaret, was fought around Sandal Castle, to thesouth of the town (1460). Bleak Barnsley, an interesting town on the river Dearne, is the centre ofthe linen manufacture of Yorkshire. Its neighbourhood abounds
. The earth and its inhabitants .. . the inhabitants to have their corn ground in certain mills was in force as recentlyas 1853. Amongst the scholars who attended the grammar school of the townwere Dr. Radcliffe, the founder of the Radclifie Library, and Dr. Bentley, the YORKSHIRE. 359 critic. The battle of Wakefield, in which the Duke of York was defeated andslain by the forces of Queen Margaret, was fought around Sandal Castle, to thesouth of the town (1460). Bleak Barnsley, an interesting town on the river Dearne, is the centre ofthe linen manufacture of Yorkshire. Its neighbourhood abounds in collieries andiron works. One of the former has been sunk to a depth of 1,885 feet, and yieldsdaily a thousand tons of coal. Worsborough and Nether Hoyland, to the south ofBarnsley, have important iron works, whilst Silkstone, to the west, is best knownfor its coal. It was also the birthplace of Bramah, the locksmith. The river Don rises not far from Woodhead Tunnel, through which runs the Kg. 127.— 1 ; 113, L°3o Wof G 2 Miles. railway connecting South-western Yorkshire with Manchester. Thurlstone,Pemstone, and Wortley are small towns on the Upper Don, which in its onwardcourse traverses the famous manufacturing towTi of Sheffield. It is admirablyseated in the midst of a fine amphitheatre of hills, at the point of junction offive rivers, and above the stores of coal which furnish its numerous factorieswith the fuel indispensable to them. Sheffield, originally a small feudal village,has been for centuries a place of iron-workers, and Chaucer mentions thethwytels which were made there. Soon after the Reformation ekiUedFlemish metal-workers settled in the town, and greatly contributed towards 260 THE BEITISH ISLES. its prosperity. But it is only since the beginning of the present century thatthis Yorkshire town has won the first place in the world for its cutlery andsteel. Its population is seven times greater now than what it was in 1801,and continues t
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