Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for SALTERFORTH

SALTERFORTH, a township in Barnoldswick parish, W. R. Yorkshire; on the Leeds and Liverpool canal, 8 miles S W by W of Skipton. Acres, 1, 650. Pop. in 1851, 573; in 1861, 424. Houses, 92. Hand-loom weaving was largely carried on, but has decreased.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Barnoldswick CP/AP       Salterforth Tn/CP       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Salterforth

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