Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Horbury

Horbury, township and vil. with ry. sta., Wakefield par., S. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, 4 miles SW. of Wakefield, 1279 ac. (54 water), pop. 5050; P.O., T.O.; has mfrs. of woollens, worsteds, flannels, and yarns.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "township and village with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Horbury Ch/CP       Wakefield CP/AP       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Horbury

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