Birstall, Kirklees

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Birstall is a suburban area in Batley, Kirklees

Other current and historical names

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Birstall within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Birstall in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Birstall.-- par. and town with ry. sta., S. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, 7 miles SW. of Leeds, 13,976 ac., pop. 62,781; town, pop. 6766; worsted and cotton mfrs.; coal and ironstone mines; birthplace of Dr Priestley (1733-1804).

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