In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Haworth like this:
HAWORTH, a village, a township, a chapelry, and a sub-district, in Bradford parish, W. R. Yorkshire. The village lies on a hill-slope, adjacent to the Worth Valley railway, 9¼ miles WNW of Bradford; consists chiefly of a steep narrow street of poor houses; possesses interest as the home and burial-place of the novelist Brontë; and has a post-office‡ under Keighley, a r. ...
station, a church, four dissenting chapels, a grammar school with £85 from endowment, and other charities with £35. The Worth V. railway is from Keighley, 4 miles to the NNE; and was opened in the latter part of 1865. The church was founded in the 14th century, rebuilt in the time of Henry VII., and afterwards enlarged; has a square embattled tower; and contains, close to the communion rails, the tombs of the Brontë family. Fairs are held on Easter Monday, and the first Monday after Michaelmas; and there are several extensive worsted mills.—The township contains also the hamlets of Stanbury, Far-Oxenhope, and Near-Oxenhope. Acres, 10,540. Real property, £14,799; of which £10 are in mines, and £235 in quarries. Pop. in 1851, 6,848; in 1861, 5,896. Houses, 1,275. The manor belongs to William Ferrand, Esq. Much of the land is moor; and nearly half is uncultivated.—The chapelry includes only part of the township; the rest being assigned to Oxenhope chapelry. Pop, of H. chapelry, in 1861, 3,016. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £180.* Patrons, the Vicar of Bradford and certain Trustees.—The sub-district is conterminate with the township, and is in Keighley district.
Haworth through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Haworth, in Bradford and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/974
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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