Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for COLEY

COLEY, a chapelry in Halifax parish, W. R. Yorkshire; 2 miles NE of Halifax. Post town, Halifax. Pop., 8, 151. The property is much subdivided. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £150.* Patron, the Vicar of Halifax. The church is very good.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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

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