Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Wike

Wike.-- township and ry. sta. (Wyke), Birstal par., E. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, 4 miles S. of Bradford, 967 ac., pop. 5315; P.O.; has worsted mills, dyeworks, and a card factory. See WYKE.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "township and railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Yorkshire AncC
Place: Wyke

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