Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Stainland

Stainland, town and township with ry. sta., Halifax par., N. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, 3½ miles SW. of Halifax, 2335 ac., pop. 4933; P.O., T.O.; is a busy place, carrying on mfrs. of woollen goods, worsted, cotton, paper, and pasteboard. The township is called Stainland with Old Lindley.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "town and township with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Halifax AP/CP       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Stainland

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