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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Woodhouse like this:
WOODHOUSE, a chapelry in Huddersfield parish, W. R. Yorkshire; within Huddersfield borough. It was constituted in 1844; and its Post town is Huddersfield. Pop. in 1861, 3,324. Houses, 674. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £150.* Patron, the Bishop of R. The church was built in 1824, at a cost of £4,000; and is in the early English style and cruciform, with tower and spire. There are two Methodist chapels and a national school.
Woodhouse is now part of KIRKLEES District. Click here for graphs and data of how KIRKLEES has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Woodhouse itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Woodhouse, in Kirklees and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25531
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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