Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Kippax

Kippax, par., township, and vil., with ry. sta., E. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, on eminence near river Aire, 3½ miles NW. of Pontefract and 9½ miles SE. of Leeds--par., 5600 ac. (including part of Ledsham par.), pop. 5658; township, 1632 ac., pop. 2533; P.O.; malting is carried on, and extensive coal mines are in viciuity; Kippax Park, seat, is near the vil.


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

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

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