In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Battyeford like this:
BATTYEFORD, a chapelry, with a village, in Mirfield parish, W. R. Yorkshire; 2 miles WSW of Dewsbury r. station. It was constituted in 1841; and its Post Town is Dewsbury. Rated property, £8,000. Pop., 3,115. Houses, 704. The property is much subdivided. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £150.* Patron, the Vicar of Mirfield. The church is good; and there is an Independent chapel.
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Battyeford through time
Battyeford is now part of Kirklees district. Click here for graphs and data of how Kirklees has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Battyeford itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Battyeford, in Kirklees and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24812
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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