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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Oakenshaw like this:
OAKENSHAW, a hamlet in Birstall parish, W. R. Yorkshire; on the North Midland railway, 4 miles S by E of Bradford. It has a station on the railway, and is divided between the chapelries of Cleckheaton and White-chapel. A factory was founded here in 1866, by the Oakenshaw Mill company.
Oakenshaw is now part of KIRKLEES District. Click here for graphs and data of how KIRKLEES has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Oakenshaw itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Oakenshaw, in Kirklees and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25495
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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