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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Scarcroft like this:
SCARCROFT, a township in Thorner parish, W. R. Yorkshire; 5 miles S W by W of Wetherby. It has a post-office under Leeds. Acres, 950. Real property, £1, 954. Pop., 292. Houses, 59.
Scarcroft is now part of LEEDS District. Click here for graphs and data of how LEEDS has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Scarcroft itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Scarcroft, in Leeds and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/14177
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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