In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Cumberworth like this:
CUMBERWORTH, a township-chapelry in Silkstone and High Hoyland parishes, W. R. Yorkshire; on the Huddersfield and Sheffield railway, near Denby-Dale r. station, and 8 miles SE of Huddersfield. It includes parts of the hamlets of Skelmanthorpe and Scissett; the former of which has a post office under Huddersfield. ...
Acres, 930. Real property, £4, 856. Pop., 2, 414. Houses, 473. The property is subdivided. Many of the inhabitants are makers of fancy goods. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £148.* Pa. tron, W. B. Beaumont, Esq. The church is Norman. There are two Wesleyan chapels, a P. Methodist chapel, a Free Methodist chapel, and a national school.
Cumberworth through time
Cumberworth is now part of Kirklees district. Click here for graphs and data of how Kirklees has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Cumberworth itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Cumberworth, in Kirklees and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12254
Date accessed: 23rd April 2024
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