In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Great Preston like this:
PRESTON (Great and Little), a township in Kip-pax parish, W. R. Yorkshire; 6 miles N W by N of Pontefract. It includes part of the hamlet of Astley; is the centre of a poor-law union in Pontefract district; and contains a workhouse, which had 82 inmates at the census of 1861. Acres, 1,004. Pop. in 1851, 464; in 1861, 541. Houses, 90.
Great Preston through time
Great Preston is now part of Leeds district. Click here for graphs and data of how Leeds has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Great Preston itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Great Preston, in Leeds and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13928
Date accessed: 02nd May 2024
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