In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Purston Jaglin like this:
PURSTON-JAGLIN, a township in Featherstone parish, W. R. Yorkshire; on the Lancashire and Yorkshire railway, 2 miles N W of Pontefract. Acres, 984. Real property, £5, 570; of which £550 are in mines. Pop., 263. Houses, 68. P. Lodge is the seat of the Rev. T. H. Hall.
Purston Jaglin through time
Purston Jaglin is now part of Wakefield district. Click here for graphs and data of how Wakefield has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Purston Jaglin itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Purston Jaglin, in Wakefield and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13934
Date accessed: 01st May 2024
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