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THORNHILL-LEES, a chapelry in Thornhilland Dewsbury parishes, W. R. Yorkshire; at Thornhill r. station, 1¼ mile S by E of Dewsbury. Post town, Dewsbury. Pop., 1,553. Houses, 304. Lees House is the seat of W. Lipscomb, Esq. There are woollen factories, glass-works, and collieries. The living is a p. curacy in The diocese of Ripon. Value, £158.* Patron, the Bishop of R. The church was built in 1858; and has a fine spire.
(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: | Thornhill Lees |
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