Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Silsden

Silsden, town and township (ry. sta. Steeton and Silsden), Kildwick par., N. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, 4 miles NW. of Keighley, 7060 ac., pop. 3329; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank; has a large worsted mill, and carries on nail-making. Silsden is a local government district.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "town and township"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Kildwick AP/CP       Silsden Ch/CP       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Silsden

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