In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Kippax like this:
KIPPAX, a village, a township, a parish, and a subdistrict in Pontefract district, W. R. Yorkshire. The village stands on an eminence, near the river Aire, 2½ miles NE by N of Methley r. station, and 6 NW of Pontefract; is supposed to have derived its name from a Saxon keep and a famous ash, jointly Keep-Ash, corrupted into Kippax; and has a post office under Leeds, and fairs on 5 May and 5 Nov.-The township comprises 1, 470 acres. ...
Real property, £6, 538; of which £1, 371 are in mines, and £40 in quarries. Pop. in 1851, 1, 325; in 1861, 1, 656. Houses, 368.—The parish contains also the township of Allerton-Bywater, and the t. of Great and Little Preston. Acres, 3, 344. Real property, £11, 809; of which £4, 371 are in mines. Pop. in 1851, 2, 339; in 1861, 2, 901. Houses, 367. The property is not much divided. The manor belongs to Mrs. MedhurST. Kippax Park is the seat of T. D. Bland, Esq. Kippax Hall is used as a boarding school. Coal is largely worked; and malting, lime burning, and ship building are carried on. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £329.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is partly Norman; and consists of nave, chancel, and porch, with tower and spire. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists, a boys free school, and charities £28.—The sub-district contains also three other parishes and part of another. Acres, 15, 923. Pop., 8, 546. Houses, 1, 722.
Kippax through time
Kippax is now part of Leeds district. Click here for graphs and data of how Leeds has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Kippax itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Kippax, in Leeds and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13196
Date accessed: 26th April 2024
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