Harley, South Yorkshire

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Harley Mission Church on the B6090
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Harley
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Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Rotherham
Postcode district S62
Dialling code 01226
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53°28′44″N1°26′46″W / 53.479°N 1.446°W / 53.479; -1.446 Coordinates: 53°28′44″N1°26′46″W / 53.479°N 1.446°W / 53.479; -1.446

Harley is a hamlet in the civil parish of Wentworth, in the Rotherham district lying to the north of Rotherham and Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. [1] [2] [3]

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References

  1. Goodall, Armitage (1914). Place-names of South-west Yorkshire: That Is, of So Much of the West Riding as Lies South of the Aire from Keighley Onwards. University Press.
  2. South Yorkshire. Octopus Publishing Group. 24 March 2003. ISBN   978-0-540-08281-0.
  3. "Welcome to Wentworth Village". www.wentworthvillage.net. Retrieved 23 April 2021.