Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Harewood

Harewood.-- par. and township, E. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, 8 miles N. of Leeds -- par., 12,343 ac. (including part of Wike in Bardsey par.), pop. 2614; township, 3654 ac., pop. 716; P.O., T.O.; in the neighbourhood are ruins of castle (llth century); also Harewood House (1760), seat of Earl of Harewood.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish and township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Harewood Parish       Yorkshire Ancient County
Place: Harewood

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