In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Gawthorpe like this:
GAWTHORPE, a village in Septon township, Kirkheaton parish, W. R. -Yorkshire; 3¾ miles E by S of Huddersfield. Justice Gascoigne, who sent Prince Henry to prison, was a native.
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Gawthorpe through time
Gawthorpe is now part of Kirklees district. Click here for graphs and data of how Kirklees has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Gawthorpe itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Gawthorpe, in Kirklees and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25458
Date accessed: 26th April 2024
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