In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Hepworth like this:
HEPWORTH, a village, a township, and a chapelry in Kirkburton parish, W. R. Yorkshire. The village stands on a declivity, under the backbone uplands of England, 2 miles SE of Holmfirth r. station, and 7 S by E of Huddersfield; and has a post office under Huddersfield.-The township includes also the hamlets of Barnside, FosterPlace, Meal-Hill, Jacksons-Bridge, and Law. ...
Acres. 3, 370. Real property, £4, 398; of which £500 are in mines, £30 in quarries, and £568 in iron works. Pop., 1, 530. Houses, 276. The manor belongs to S. W. L. Fox, Esq. Iron works were established in 1858; and ironstone and coal are worked.—The chapelry was constituted recently. Pop. in 1865, about 3, 000. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Ripon. Value, not reported. Patron, the Vicar of Kirkburton. The church was built in 1863; is in the decorated English style; and consists of nave, chancel, and transepts, with vestry and bellturret. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists, an endowed school with £24 a year, and other charities with £5.
Hepworth through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Hepworth, in Barnsley and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/1309
Date accessed: 30th April 2024
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