In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Lower Whitley like this:
WHITLEY (Lower), a township-chapelry, with a village and three hamlets, in Thornhill parish, W. R. Yorkshire; 2¼ miles SE of Thornhill r. station, and 5½ SW of Wakefield. Post town, Thornhill, under Dewsbury. Acres, 1,011. Real property, £5,246; of which £1,320 are in mines. Pop., 1,042. Houses, 202. Carpet manufacture and tanning are carried on. The Living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £200.* Patron, the Bishop of R. The church is good: and there is a parochial school.
Lower Whitley through time
Lower Whitley is now part of Kirklees district. Click here for graphs and data of how Kirklees has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Lower Whitley itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Lower Whitley, in Kirklees and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/22541
Date accessed: 18th April 2024
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