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

WATERLOO, a village in Lepton township, W. R. Yorkshire; 3¼ miles E of Huddersfield.

Waterloo through time

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

How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/26780

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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