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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
LIVERSEDGE, a township, a chapelry, and a subdistrict in Birstal parish, Dewsbury district, W. R. Yorkshire. The township lies on the Cleckheaton branch of the Lancashire and Yorkshire railway, midway between Huddersfield and Bradford; has a station on the railway, 9 miles NNE of Huddersfield; and contains the hamlets of Robert-Town, Little-Town, Heights, HighTown, and Millbridge, each of the two latter of which has a post office under Normanton. Acres, 2,144. Real property, £23,376; of which £693 are in mines, £100 in quarries, and £600 in gas-works. Pop. in 1851,6,974; in 1861,8,176. Houses, 1,813. Many good residences are in varions parts, particularly at Heights. Manufactures of cloth, coverlets, carpets, cards, machines, wire, and chemicals are at Liversedge; manufactures of thread, cards, chemicals, and bricks are at Robert-Town; blanket manufactories, dye-works, scribbling-mills, and market-gardens, are at Little-Town; worsted and cotton mills and card manufacture are at High-Town; and Turkey carpet, rug, and woollen mills, an iron foundry, and card manufacture are at Millbridge.—The chapelry was constituted in 1860; and it includes only part of the township, the rest being included in RobertTown chapelry. Pop. in 1861,5,848. Houses, 1,299. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £300. * Patron, the Vicar of Birstal. The church was built in 1816, at a cost of £7,000. There are chapels for Wesleyans, Primitive Methodists, New Connexion Methodists, and United Free Methodists, and two national schools.—The sub-district contains also the township of Heckmondwike. Acres, 2,807. Pop., 14,520. Houses, 3,130.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township, a chapelry, and a subdistrict" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Dewsbury RegD/PLU Yorkshire AncC |
| Place: | Liversedge |
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