Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Roundhay

Roundhay, township, Barwick in Elmet par., E. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, on river Aire, 3½ miles NE. of Leeds, 1482 ac., pop. 802; P.O., T.O. Roundhay Park (770 ac.), with splendid lawns, woods, and a lake of 40 ac., is the property of the corporation of Leeds.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Barwick in Elmet and Scholes AP/CP       Roundhay CP/Tn       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Roundhay

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