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WHITECHAPEL, a chapelry in Birstall parish, W. R. Yorkshire; around Oakenshaw r. station, 4 miles S by E of Bradford. It comprises Oakenshaw and Scholes hamlets, and part of Cleckheaton; and it was constituted in 1847. Post town, Normanton. Pop., 1,755. Houses, 369. The property is much subdivided. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £125. Patron, Miss Currer. The church was rebuilt in 1821.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Yorkshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Whitechapel |
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