Place:


Girlington  West Riding

 

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Girlington like this:

GIRLINGTON, a chapelry in Bradford parish, W. R. Yorkshire; suburban to Bradford, 1¾ mile from Bradford head post office. It was constituted in 1860; and it has a post office under Bradford. Pop., 2, 227. Houses, 482. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £133.* Patrons, Simeon's Trustees. The church was built in 1860; is in the middle pointed style; and consists of nave, chancel, and transepts, with bell-turret and vestry.

The location is that of the church of St Philip, Girlington, Btadford. Additional information about this locality is available for Manningham

Girlington through time

Girlington is now part of Bradford district. Click here for graphs and data of how Bradford has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Girlington itself, go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Girlington, in Bradford and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25460

Date accessed: 28th March 2024


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