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Carlton Main Colliery, and the church was completed in 1904. St. Paul's Church in Brierley was built in 1869 for George Savile Foljambe, Lord of the Manor of Brierley, to the
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Brierley church school was given by Rev John Hoyland, vicar of Felkirk. The first curate was Rev Godfrey Pigott Cordeux.
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Brierley was built in 1869 as a daughter church to the Parish of St Peter,
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808:"Fraud-hit Brierley Town Council Abolished"
482:On a well-hidden site between Brierley and
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786:"The Next Steps for Brierley Town Council"
494:in latter years of 5 acres (2.0 ha).
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488:Manor of Hall Steads
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1127:Stainforth
1105:Rossington
1090:Mosborough
1085:Mexborough
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1038:Chapeltown
657:"Brierley"
587:17 January
559:References
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1299:Windmills
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