Place:


Middlestown  West Riding

 

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

MIDDLESTOWN, a village in Shitlington township, Thornhill parish, W. R. Yorkshire; near the river C alder, 3 miles SE by S of Dewsbury. It has a post office under Wakefield.

Additional information about this locality is available for Sitlington

Middlestown through time

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

How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25695

Date accessed: 23rd April 2024


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