A vision of Britain through time
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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.
YEADON, a town, a township-chapelry, and a sub-district, in Wharfedale district, W. R. Yorkshire. The town stands on a hill, 2 miles E of Apperley r. station, and 3 S of Otley; is an unshapely place; carries on woollen manufacture; and has a post-office‡ under Leeds, a modern church, with pinnacled tower, three Methodist chapels, and a national school. Pop. in 1861, 4,109. Houses, 863. The chapelry includes Apperley-lane and Henshaw; is in Guiseley parish; and comprises 1,660 acres. Real property, £9,960; of which £68 are in quarries, and £72 in gasworks. Pop. in 1851, 4,109; in 1861, 4,259. Houses, 894. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £300.* Patron, the Rector of Guiseley.—The sub-district includes Guiseley and Esholt townships, and comprises 3,995 acres. Pop., 7,194. Houses, 1,495.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a town, a township-chapelry, and a sub-district" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Yeadon CP/Tn Wharfedale RegD/PLU Yorkshire AncC |
| Place: | Yeadon |
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