Felkirk, West Riding

Description
Felkirk, a parish in the W. R. Yorkshire, on the Leeds and Rotherham railway, 1 1/4 mile NE of Royston and Notton railway station, and 5 miles NE by N of Bamsley. It contains the townships of Brierley, Shafton, South Hiendley, and Havercroft-with-Cold-Hiendley, and the hamlet of Grime-thorpe, the first of which has a post and money order office under Barnsley; telegraph office, Hemsworth. Population of the ecclesiastical parish, with Brierley, 2091. The place which gives name to the parish is only a single farmhouse. Building-stone is quarried. The living is a vicarage, united ^with Brierley, in the diocese of York; net value, £300 with residence. Patron, the Archbishop of York. The church is ancient but good, and has an embattled tower; it was restored in 1876. There are a Primitive Methodist chapel, an endowed school, and other charities.