Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for MIDDLESTOWN

MIDDLESTOWN, a village in Shitlington township, Thornhill parish, W. R. Yorkshire; near the river C alder, 3 miles SE by S of Dewsbury. It has a post office under Wakefield.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Thornhill AP/CP       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Middlestown

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