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BURLEY, a village and a chapelry in Leeds parish, W. R. Yorkshire. The village stands near Headingley r. station, 2¾ miles NNW of Leeds; and has a post office under Leeds. The chapelry was constituted in 1849. Pop., 3,530. Houses, 749. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £230.* Patrons, Trustees. The church was rebuilt in 1837.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a village and a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
Administrative units: | Leeds AP/CP Yorkshire AncC |
Place: | Burley |
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