In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Newlay like this:
NEWLAY, a hamlet in Horsforth and Bramley chapelries, W. R. Yorkshire; on the river Aire, and on the Leeds and Lancaster railway, 5 miles W by N of Leeds. It has a station on the railway, and a cast-iron bridge, erected in 1819; and it carries on industry in woollenmills and dye-houses.
Additional information about this locality is available for Horsforth
Newlay through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Newlay, in Leeds and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24871
Date accessed: 23rd October 2024
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