Garforth, Leeds

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Garforth is a town in Leeds

Other current and historical names

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

Garforth in historic gazetteers

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

Garforth, par., township, and vil. with ry. sta., E. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, 7 miles E. of Leeds -- par., 2373 ac. (including part of Ansthorp in Whitkirk par.), pop. 2241; township, 1517ac., pop. 2213; P.O., T.O.; the par. contains the hamlets of Church Garforth, East Garforth, Moor Garforth, and West Garforth; here also is Garforth Colliery, and school.

Garforth in the Domesday Book

A village in Skyrack hundred, in the county of Yorkshire.

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