Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HEATH

HEATH, a village in Warmfield parish, W. R. Yorkshire; on the river Calder, 2 miles E of Wakefield. It is a pleasant place; contains several handsome villas; and has a post office under Wakefield. Heath Hall, in the vicinity, is an elegant and somewhat ancient castellated edifice.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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Feature Description: "a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Yorkshire AncC
Place: Heath

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