In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Upperthong like this:
THONG (Upper), a township-chapelry in Almondbury parish, W. R. Yorkshire; 6 miles S by W of Huddersfield. It contains part of Holmfirth, which has a post-office under Huddersfield, and a r. station. Acres, 710. Real property, £7,977; of which £414 are in gasworks. Pop. in 1851, 2,463; in 1861, 2,690. Houses, 543. There are many genteel residences. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £162.* Patron, alternately the Crown and the Bishop. The church was built in 1847. There are three dissenting chapels.
Upperthong through time
Upperthong is now part of Kirklees district. Click here for graphs and data of how Kirklees has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Upperthong itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Upperthong, in Kirklees and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/14406
Date accessed: 01st May 2024
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