In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Dewsbury Moor like this:

DEWSBURY MOOR, a chapelry in Dewsbury parish, W. R. Yorkshire; 1 mile W of Dewsbury. Pop., 3, 256. Houses, 635. See preceding article. The church was built in 1827.

Dewsbury Moor through time

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

How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25439

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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