In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Ardsley West like this:
ARDSLEY (West), or Woodkirk, a parish in Wake field district, W. R. Yorkshire; on the Leeds and Wake field railway, at Ardsley station, 5 miles NW of Wake field. It includes six hamlets, and has a post office, of the name of West Ardsley, under Wakefield. Acres, 2,250. Real property, £5,139. Pop., 1,646. Houses, 335. Coal is worked, and bricks are made. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ripon. Value,. £265.* Patron, the Earl of Cardigan. The church was rebuilt in 1831. There are two Methodist chapels, a partially endowed school, and charities £10.
Ardsley West through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Ardsley West, in Leeds and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
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Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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