Descriptive gazetteer entries

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Chapeltown like this:

CHAPELTOWN, a subdistrict in Hunslet district, W. R. Yorkshire. It contains Chapel-Allerton and Potter-Newton townships in Leeds parish, Shadwell township in Thorner parish, and Roundhay township in Barwick-in-Elmet parish. Acres, 7,274. Pop., 5,930. Houses, 1,252.

This is the only descriptive gazetter entry we have found, but you may be able to find further references to Chapeltown by doing a full-text search here.


Travel writing

Sorry, but no mentions of this place can be found.

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Place Mentioned in Travel Writing Mentioned in Hist. Gazetteer
Buslingthorpe 0 2
Sheepscar 0 2
Potter Newton 0 2
Leylands 0 1
Woodhouse 0 2
Chapel Allerton 0 2
Burmantofts 0 2
Leeds 115 6
Wrangthorn 0 2
Meanwood 0 2
Brewery Field 0 1
Headingley 0 2
Roundhay 0 2
Burley 0 2
Moor Allerton 0 2
Little Holbeck 0 1
Knowsthorpe 0 2
Osmondthorpe 0 2
Far Headingley 0 2
New Wortley 0 2