Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Methley

Methley, town and par. with ry. sta., S. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, 7 miles SE. of Leeds, 3492 ac. (80 water), pop. 4074; P.O.; coal is mined; Methley Park (1593) is the seat of the Earl of Mexborough.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "town and parish with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Methley CP/AP       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Methley

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