Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Barkisland

Barkisland, township, in par. and 5 miles SW. of Halifax, N. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, 2421 ac., pop. 2102: P.O.: has woollen mfrs. It contains Barkisland Christchurch, eccl. dist., pop. 1627.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Barkisland CP/Tn       Halifax AP/CP       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Barkisland

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