In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Fairburn like this:
FAIRBURN, a township in Ledsham parish, W. R. Yorkshire; on the river Aire and the North Midland railway, 2½ miles NNW of Ferrybridge. Acres, 1, 386. Real property, £2, 826; of which £83 are in quarries. Pop., 458. Houses, 112. There are chapels for Independents and Primitive Methodists.
Fairburn through time
Fairburn is now part of Selby district. Click here for graphs and data of how Selby has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Fairburn itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Fairburn, in Selby and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12444
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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