In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Wooldale like this:
WOOLDALE, a township, with a village, in Kirk-Burton parish, W. R. Yorkshire; ¾ mile NE of Holmfirth. It includes part of Holmfirth town, the hamlets of Totties and Lydgate, and part of Scholes. Acres, 2 370. Real property, £10,281. Pop. in 1851, 5,600; in 1861, 5,322. Houses, 1,079. The manor belongs to S. W. L. Fox, Esq. There are woollen manufactories, fulling mills, two dissenting chapels, and two public schools.
Wooldale through time
Wooldale is now part of Kirklees district. Click here for graphs and data of how Kirklees has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Wooldale itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Wooldale, in Kirklees and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/14494
Date accessed: 24th April 2024
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