In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Cross Stone like this:
CROSSTONE, Cross-Stone, or Croston, a village, and a chapelry in Halifax parish, W. R. Yorkshire. The village is in Stansfield township, on the west border of the county; stands near Eastwood r. station, and 8½ miles W of Halifax; and had anciently a stone cross. The chapelry includes the village, and is more extensive than the township. ...
Post town, Eastwood, under Todmorden. Rated property, £25, 527. Pop., 9, 567. The property is much subdivided. The living is a p. curacy, united with the p. curacy of Lydgate, in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £300.* Patron, the Vicar of Halifax. The church is good; and there are three dissenting chapels.
Cross Stone through time
Cross Stone is now part of Calderdale district. Click here for graphs and data of how Calderdale has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Cross Stone itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Cross Stone, in Calderdale and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/21308
Date accessed: 06th June 2024
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