Adwick upon Dearne, West Riding

Description
Adwick-upon-Dearne, a township, a village, and a parish in the W. R. Yorkshire, on the river Dearne, 1 mile from Mexborough station on the M.S. & L.R., and 6 3/4 miles NNE of Rotherham. Post town, Mexborough under Rotherham. Acreage, 1142; population, 246. Earl Manvers is lord of the manor and chief landowner. The living is a vicarage, annexed to that of Wath, in the diocese of York; joint yearly value, £330, in the gift of Christ Church, Oxford. The church is ancient..