A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
ROBERTOWN, or Robert-Town, a chapelry in Birstall parish, W. R. Yorkshire; near the Lancashire and Yorkshire railway, 6 miles S E of Bradford. It was constituted in 1847; and its post town is Millbridge, under Normanton. Pop., 2, 256. Houses, 497. There are thread works, chemical works, card-manufactories, and brick-yards. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £150.* Patron, the Vicar of Birstal1. The church is modern, and in the early English style.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Yorkshire AncC |
| Place names: | ROBERTOWN | ROBERTOWN OR ROBERT TOWN | ROBERT TOWN |
| Place: | Roberttown |
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