Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Oxenhope

Oxenhope, small town and eccl. dist. with ry. sta., Bradford par., N. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, 5 miles SW. of Keighley - dist., pop. 2860; town, pop. 2443; P.O.; is a growing place, and has stone quarries and worsted mfrs. The town is a local government district.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "small town"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Bradford AP/CP       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Oxenhope

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