In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Hanging Heaton like this:
HANGING-HEATON, a hamlet and a chapelry in Soothill township, Dewsbury parish, W. R. Yorkshire. The hamlet lies near the Manchester and Leeds railway, 1½ mile N of Dewsbury; and has a post office under Dewsbury. The chapelry was constituted in 1842. Pop. in 1851, 1,893; in 1861, 2, 219. Houses, 453. The pop. consists chiefly of small landowners under the trustees of the Savile estates, and of hand loom woollen manufacturers. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £150.* Patron, the Vicar of Dewsbury. There is a national school.
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Hanging Heaton through time
Hanging Heaton is now part of Kirklees district. Click here for graphs and data of how Kirklees has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Hanging Heaton itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Hanging Heaton, in Kirklees and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25466
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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