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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Fairburn like this:
FAIRBURN, a township in Ledsham parish, W. R. Yorkshire; on the river Aire and the North Midland railway, 2½ miles NNW of Ferrybridge. Acres, 1, 386. Real property, £2, 826; of which £83 are in quarries. Pop., 458. Houses, 112. There are chapels for Independents and Primitive Methodists.
Fairburn is now part of NORTH YORKSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTH YORKSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Fairburn itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Fairburn, in North Yorkshire and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12444
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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