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CHURWELL, a township in Batley parish, W. R. Yorkshire; on the Leeds and Dewsbury railway, 3 miles SSW of Leeds. It has a station on the railway, a post office under Leeds, and two Methodist chapels. Acres, 488. Real property, £4, 424; of which £1, 174 are in mines. Pop., 1, 564. Houses, 319.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Batley Parish Churwell Parish Yorkshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Churwell |
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