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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
HUNSWORTH, a township in Birstall parish, W. R. Yorkshire; 1½ mile from Cleckheaton and Low Moor r. stations, and 3½ SSE of Bradford. Acres, 1, 310. Real property, £6, 452; of which £270 are in mines, and £2, 520 in quarries. Pop., 1, 199. Houses, 248. The manor belongs to the Trustees of the Savile estates. There are woollen mills and dye works. A church, for the chapelry of Birkenshaw-cum-Hunsworth, is in the adjoining village of Birkenshaw, and was built in 1829; and a wesleyan chapel is at East Bierley.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Yorkshire AncC |
| Place: | Hunsworth |
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