In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Beeston like this:
BEESTON, a township-chapelry in Leeds parish, W. R. Yorkshire; on the Leeds and West Riding railway, within the borough of Leeds, 2¼. miles SSW of the town of Leeds. It has a station on the railway, and a post office under Leeds. Acres, 1,535. Real property, £8,607,-of which £2,100 are in mines. ...
Pop., 2,547. Houses, 537. Extensive coal mines here were worked from the time of Charles II.; but have become partly exhausted. There are woollen and iron manufactures. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £189.* Patron, the Vicar of Leeds. The church is very old; and there are two Methodist chapels.
Beeston through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Beeston, in Leeds and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/21335
Date accessed: 20th April 2024
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