Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Shepley

Shepley, small town and township with ry. sta., Kirkburton par., S. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, 7 miles SE. of Huddersfield, 1247 ac., pop. 1593; P.O., T.O.; has woollen mfrs.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "small town and township with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Kirkburton AP/CP       Shepley CP/Tn       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Shepley

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