A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
ADWALTON, or Adderton, a hamlet in Drighlington township, Birstal parish, W. R. Yorkshire; 5½ miles SW of Leeds. It has a joint station with Drighlington on the Gildersome branch of the Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax Junction railway. It was formerly a market town; and it still has fairs on 26 Jan., 6 Feb., 9 Mar., Easter Thursday, Whit-Thursday, 5 Nov., and 23 Dec. Adwalton Moor, in the neighbourhood, was the scene, in 1642, of the defeat of Fairfax by the Earl of Newcastle.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a hamlet" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Yorkshire AncC |
| Place names: | ADDERTON | ADWALTON | ADWALTON OR ADDERTON |
| Place: | Adwalton |
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