In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Sitlington like this:
SHITLINGTON, a township, with four villages, in Thornhill parish, W. R. Yorkshire; in the vale of the Calder, 1½ mile SW of Horbury r. station, and 5¾ SW by W of Wakefield. Acres, 3,409. Real property, £10,732; of which £3,780 are in mines, £15 in quarries, and £210 in railways. Pop., 2,022. Houses, 408. Coal is extensive1y worked; and the woollen manufacture is carried on. There are two Wesleyan chapels.
Sitlington through time
Sitlington is now part of Wakefield district. Click here for graphs and data of how Wakefield has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Sitlington itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Sitlington, in Wakefield and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/14218
Date accessed: 29th March 2024
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