Place:


New Leeds  West Riding

 

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described New Leeds like this:

LEEDS (NEW), a chapelry in Horton township, Bradford parish, W. R. Yorkshire; suburban to Bradford. It was constituted in 1865; and its post town is Bradford, Yorkshire. Pop., about 6, 000. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Ripon. Value, not reported. Patrons, Trustees. The church was built in 1865, and is in the second pointed style.

The location is where the name "New Leeds" appears on the Ordnance Survey 1:10,560 map of Yorkshire of 1852, accessible on the old-maps.co.uk web site. Additional information about this locality is available for Bradford

New Leeds through time

New Leeds is now part of Bradford district. Click here for graphs and data of how Bradford has changed over two centuries. For statistics about New Leeds itself, go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of New Leeds, in Bradford and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24862

Date accessed: 29th March 2024


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