In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Farnley Tyas like this:
FARNLEY-TYAS, a township-chapelry in Almondbury parish, W. R. Yorkshire; 1½ mile E by N of Berry-Brow r. station, and 4 SE by S of Huddersfield. It contains the hamlets of Farnley-Hey and Woodsome-Lees. Post town, Almondbury, under Huddersfield. Acres, 1, 623. Real property, £2, 307. Pop., 702. Houses, 151. Buildingstone and coal are worked. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £100. Patron, the Earl of Dartmouth. The church is good.
Farnley Tyas through time
Farnley Tyas is now part of Kirklees district. Click here for graphs and data of how Kirklees has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Farnley Tyas itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Farnley Tyas, in Kirklees and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/931
Date accessed: 05th November 2024
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