Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WIGGLESWORTH

WIGGLESWORTH, a township in Long Preston parish, W. R. Yorkshire; 6 miles SSW of Settle. Acres, 4,089. Real property, £3,295. Pop., 267. Houses, 56. There is an endowed school.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Long Preston AP/CP       Wigglesworth Tn/CP       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Wigglesworth

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