Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WHITLEY (Upper)

WHITLEY (Upper), a township in Kirkheaton parish, W. R. Yorkshire; 6 miles E by N of Huddersfield. Acres, 1,953. Pop., 947. Houses, 186. Whitley-Beaumont is the seat of H. F. Beaumout, Esq.; and Grange Hall, of Sir J. L. Kaye, Bart. Coal is Largely worked.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Kirkheaton AP/CP       Yorkshire AncC
Place names: UPPER WHITLEY     |     WHITLEY     |     WHITLEY UPPER
Place: Whitley Upper

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