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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.
MORTON, a township and a chapelry in Bingley parish, W. R. Yorkshire. The township lies on the Leeds and Liverpool canal, under Rumbles-Moor, 2 miles N of Bingley r. station; and contains the village of East Morton and the hamlet of West Morton. East M. is a considerable place; occupies the sides and summit of a hill; and has a post office under Leeds. West M. is a cluster of houses on the N bank of the river Aire. Real property of the township, £8,733; of which £300 are in mines, and £20 in quarries. Pop. in 1851,1,902; in 1861,2,113. Houses, 398. There are several good residences, and Several worsted, cotton, and paper mills. The chapelry is more extensive than the township, includes a part called Morton-Banks, and was constituted in 1845. Pop., 2,432. Houses, 471. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £160. Patron, alternately the Crown and the Bishop. The church is modern.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township and a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Bingley Tn/AP/CP Morton CP/Tn Yorkshire AncC |
| Place: | Morton |
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