Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Bingley

Bingley, par. and market town with ry. sta., N. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, on river Aire, 5½ miles NW. of Bradford and 192 m. from London by rail -- par., 14,103 ac., pop. 20,703; town, pop. 9465; 1 Bank, 1 newspaper. Market-days, Tuesday and Saturday.Worsted, cotton, paper, and iron mfrs. are carried on.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish and market town with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Bingley Tn/AP/CP       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Bingley

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