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OAKENSHAW, a hamlet in Birstall parish, W. R. Yorkshire; on the North Midland railway, 4 miles S by E of Bradford. It has a station on the railway, and is divided between the chapelries of Cleckheaton and White-chapel. A factory was founded here in 1866, by the Oakenshaw Mill company.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a hamlet" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Yorkshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Oakenshaw |
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