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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Midgley like this:
MIDGLEY, a village in Shitlington township, Thornhill parish, W. R. Yorkshire; 7½ miles NW of Barnesley. Pop., 252.
Midgley is now part of WAKEFIELD District. Click here for graphs and data of how WAKEFIELD has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Midgley itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Midgley, in Wakefield and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/26710
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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