Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Headingley cum Burley

Headingley cum Burley, township (ry. sta. Headingley), in par. and NW. of bor. of Leeds, E. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, on river Aire, 3183 ac., pop. 19,138; P.O., T.O., called Headingley. Leeds botanical and zoological gardens are here; bleachworks and worsted and flax mills are in vicinity.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Headingley Cum Burley CP/Ch       Leeds AP/CP       Yorkshire AncC
Place names: HEADINGLEY     |     HEADINGLEY CUM BURLEY
Place: Headingley

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