Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WOODLESFORD

WOODLESFORD, a village in Rothwell parish, W. R. Yorkshire; on the North Midland railway, 5 miles ESE of Leeds. It has a post-office‡ under Leeds, and a r. station with telegraph. W. House is the seat of J. Dobson, Esq.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Rothwell AP/CP       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Woodlesford

Go to the linked place page for a location map, and for access to other historical writing about the place. Pages for linked administrative units may contain historical statistics and information on boundaries.