In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Glass Houghton like this:
HOUGHTON-GLASS, a township in Castleford parish, W. R. Yorkshire; 2 miles NW of Pontefract. Acres, 1, 500. Real property, £2, 372; of which £15 are in mines, and £160 in quarries. Pop., 489. Houses, 113. Excellent limestone is here; also an excellent bed of sand, much used by glass makers and iron founders. There are a Wesleyan chapel and a Church of England preaching house and school.
Glass Houghton through time
Glass Houghton is now part of Wakefield district. Click here for graphs and data of how Wakefield has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Glass Houghton itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Glass Houghton, in Wakefield and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12732
Date accessed: 23rd April 2024
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