In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Warmfield like this:
WARMFIELD, a parish in Wakefield district, W. R. Yorkshire; 2 miles NNE of Oakenshaw r. station, and 3½ E of Wakefield. It comprises W.-with-Heath and Sharleston townships, and contains three villages and a hamlet. Post town, Wakefield. Acres, 2,618. Real property, £4,692; of which £40 are in quarries. ...
Pop., 1,045. Houses, 207. W. Manor belongs to H.M. Ingram, Esq.; and Sharleston manor, to the Earl of Westmoreland. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York. Value, £240.* Patron, Clare College, Cambridge. The church is early English and was restored in 1852. There are endowed schools with £52 a year, alms houses with £35, and other charities £29.
Warmfield through time
Warmfield is now part of Wakefield district. Click here for graphs and data of how Wakefield has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Warmfield itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Warmfield, in Wakefield and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/14423
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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