A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
STAINLAND, a large village and a township-chapelry in Halifax parish, W. R. Yorkshire. The village stands 1½ mile SSW of North Dean Junction r. station, and 3½ S by W of Halifax; and has a post-office‡ under Halifax. The chapelry contains also Old Lindley, Holywell-Green, and part of Outlane. Acres, 1,730. Real property, £10,615. Pop. in 1851, 4,173; in 1861, 4,657. Houses, 921. There are several good residences. Woollen, worsted, cotton, paper, and pasteboard manufactures are carried on. A Roman altar was found at Slack. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £300. Patron, the Vicar of Halifax. There are chapels for Independents, Wesleyans, and New Connexion Methodists.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a large village and a township-chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Halifax AP/CP Yorkshire AncC |
| Place: | Stainland |
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