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

MIDDLESTOWN, a village in Shitlington township, Thornhill parish, W. R. Yorkshire; near the river C alder, 3 miles SE by S of Dewsbury. It has a post office under Wakefield.

Middlestown through time

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

How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25695

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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