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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described West Haddlesey like this:
HADDLESEY (WEST), a township in Birkin parish, W. R. Yorkshire; near the river Aire and the Selby canal, 4¾ miles SW of Selby. It has a post office under Selby, and a Wesleyan chapel. Acres, 1, 160. Real property, £2, 034. Pop., 213. Houses, 44.
West Haddlesey 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 West Haddlesey itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of West Haddlesey, in North Yorkshire and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12805
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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