In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Felkirk like this:
FELKIRK, a parish in Hemsworth district, W. R. Yorkshire; on the Leeds and Rotherham railway, 1 ½ mile NE of Royston and Notton r. station, and 5 NE by N of Barnesley. It contains the townships of Brierley, Shafton, South Hiendley, and Havercroft-with-Cold-Hiendley; the first of which has a post office under Barnesley. ...
Acres, 5, 872. Real property, £8, 831. Pop., 1, 106. Houses, 248. The place which gives name to the parish is only a single farm-house. Building-stone is quarried. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York. Value, 136.* Patron, the Archbishop of York. The church is ancient but good, and has an embattled tower. There is a Wesleyan chapel. An endowed school has £19; and other charities £14.
Felkirk through time
Felkirk is now part of Wakefield district. Click here for graphs and data of how Wakefield has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Felkirk itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Felkirk, in Wakefield and Yorkshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/20271
Date accessed: 15th May 2024
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