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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Girlington like this:
GIRLINGTON, a chapelry in Bradford parish, W. R. Yorkshire; suburban to Bradford, 1¾ mile from Bradford head post office. It was constituted in 1860; and it has a post office under Bradford. Pop., 2, 227. Houses, 482. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £133.* Patrons, Simeon's Trustees. The church was built in 1860; is in the middle pointed style; and consists of nave, chancel, and transepts, with bell-turret and vestry.
Girlington is now part of BRADFORD District. Click here for graphs and data of how BRADFORD has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Girlington itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Girlington, in Bradford and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25460
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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