In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Brownhill like this:

Brownhill, hamlet, Batley township and par., S. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, 6½ miles NW. of Wakefield.

Brownhill through time

Brownhill is now part of KIRKLEES District. Click here for graphs and data of how KIRKLEES has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Brownhill itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Brownhill, in Kirklees and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25416

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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