A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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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.
BATTYEFORD, a chapelry, with a village, in Mirfield parish, W. R. Yorkshire; 2 miles WSW of Dewsbury r. station. It was constituted in 1841; and its Post Town is Dewsbury. Rated property, £8,000. Pop., 3,115. Houses, 704. The property is much subdivided. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £150.* Patron, the Vicar of Mirfield. The church is good; and there is an Independent chapel.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a chapelry, with a village" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Mirfield AP/CP Yorkshire AncC |
| Place: | Battyeford |
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