Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Midgley

Midgley.-- town and township, Halifax par., N. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, 4½ miles NW. of Halifax - township (partly in the town of Luddenden Foot), 2629 ac., pop. 3084; town, 2110 ac., pop. 2939; has mfrs. of cotton and worsted.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "town and township"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Halifax AP/CP       Midgley CP/Tn       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Midgley

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