In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Skircoat like this:
SKIRCOAT, a township in Halifax parish, W. R. Yorkshire; on the river Calder, the Leeds and Liverpool canal, and the Manchester and Leeds railway, adjacent to the S side of Halifax town. It contains the hamlets of S.-Green, S.-Heath, Shawhill, Woodhouse, and Bolton-Brow, the village of Salterhebble, and part of the village of Kingcross. ...
Acres, 1,340. Real property, £28,316; of which £30 are in quarries, and £700 in gasworks. Pop. in 1851, 6,940; in 1861, 7,447. Houses, 1,604. Woollen and cotton manufactures are carried on. Churches are at Salterhebble, Kingcross, and Copley; and there are several dissenting chapels, two national schools, and a large orphanage. The orphanage stands at S.-Moor; was built in 1865, at a cost of about £50,000, defrayed by the Messrs. Crossley; is an ornate edifice; and comprises a home and schools for 200 boys, 200 girls, and 50 infants.
Skircoat through time
Skircoat is now part of Calderdale district. Click here for graphs and data of how Calderdale has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Skircoat itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Skircoat, in Calderdale and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/21627
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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