Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Meltham

Meltham, town and township with ry. sta., Almondbury par., S. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, 5 miles SW. of Huddersfield, 4692 ac., pop. 4529; P.O., T.O.; is a busy place, with woollen, cotton, and thread mills; in vicinity is Meltham Hall, seat.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "town and township with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Almondbury AP/CP       Meltham Ch/CP       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Meltham

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