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WALES:
Geographical and Historical information from the year 1868.

"WALES, a parish in the S. division of Strafforth wapentake, West Riding county York, and a part in the liberty of St. Peter's, 7 miles S. of Rotherham, its post town, 2 W. of Kiverton[sic] Park railway station, and 10 S.E. of Sheffield. The village is situated near the Chesterfield and Trent canal, which here passes through a tunnel 2¼ miles in length, and near the river Rother. The parish includes the hamlets of Waleswood, Norwood, and Bedgralve[sic]. It is mentioned in Domesday book as Walise, and belonged to Morcar, Earl of Northumberland. There is a colliery. The living is a perpetual cur: in the diocese of York, value £190, in the patronage of the archbishop. The church is dedicated to St. Peter or St. John. The parochial charities produce about £9 per annum. S. L. Fox, Esq., is lord of the manor."

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"BEDGRALVE, a hamlet in the parish of Wales, wapentake of Strafforth and Tickhill, in the West Riding of the county of York, 2 miles to the S. of Rotherham."

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"NORWOOD, a hamlet in the parish of Wales, wapentake of South Strafforth, West Riding county York, 7 miles S. by W. of Rotherham, and 3 E. by S. of Sheffield. It is situated near the river Rother and Chesterfield canal."

[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
by Colin Hinson ©2013