Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Almondbury

Almondbury, par. and township, S. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, 2 miles SE. of Huddersfield -- par., 30,584 ac., pop. 52,970; township (wholly in parl. and mun. bor. of Huddersfield), 2636 ac., pop. 13,977; has cotton and woollen mfrs. At Almondbury are traces of an ancient castle.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish and township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Almondbury AP/CP       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Almondbury

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