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.
WHITLEY (Lower), a township-chapelry, with a village and three hamlets, in Thornhill parish, W. R. Yorkshire; 2¼ miles SE of Thornhill r. station, and 5½ SW of Wakefield. Post town, Thornhill, under Dewsbury. Acres, 1,011. Real property, £5,246; of which £1,320 are in mines. Pop., 1,042. Houses, 202. Carpet manufacture and tanning are carried on. The Living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £200.* Patron, the Bishop of R. The church is good: and there is a parochial school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township-chapelry, with a village and three hamlets" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Thornhill AP/CP Yorkshire AncC |
| Place names: | LOWER WHITLEY | WHITLEY | WHITLEY LOWER |
| Place: | Lower Whitley |
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