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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Lydgate like this:
LYDGATE, a hamlet in Holmfirth chapelry, W. R. Yorkshire; 1½ mile ENE of Holmfirth. It has a Unitarian chapel.
Lydgate is now part of KIRKLEES District. Click here for graphs and data of how KIRKLEES has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Lydgate itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Lydgate, in Kirklees and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/26707
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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