Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Oakworth

Oakworth, town with ry. sta., partly in Haworth par., but chiefly in Keighley par., West-Riding Yorkshire, 3 miles SW. of Keighley by rail, pop. 5762; P.O. Oakworth has mfrs. of cotton and worsted, and shares in the general prosperity of Keighley, of which it is practically an outgrowth.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "town with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Haworth Parish       Yorkshire Ancient County
Place: Oakworth

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