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WHITLEY, a township and a sub-district, in Pontefract district, W. R. Yorkshire. The township lies on the Goole canal and on the Goole railway, 7 miles E by N of Pontefract; contains a straggling village of its own name; has a post-office under Pontefract, and a r. station with telegraph, both of the name of Whitley-Bridge; and is in Kellington parish. Acres, 1,800. Real property, £2,336. Pop., 356. Houses, 79. There are maltings, corn mills, bone-mills, a chapel of ease, and a Wesleyan chapel.—The sub-district contains six townships in three parishes; and comprises 13,407 acres. Pop., 2,009. Houses, 418.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township and a sub-district" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Whitley Parish Pontefract Poor Law Union/Registration District Yorkshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Whitley |
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