A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
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.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Halifax AP/CP Yorkshire AncC |
| Place names: | CROSS STONE | CROSSTONE | CROSSTONE CROSS STONE OR CROSTON | CROSTON |
| Place: | Cross Stone |
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