Mirfield, Kirklees

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Mirfield is a town in Kirklees

Other current and historical names

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

Mirfield in historic gazetteers

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

Mirfield, town and par. with ry. sta., S. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, on river Calder - par. (partly within the parl. limits of Dewsbury), 3765 ac., pop. 15,872; town, 4¾ m. NE. of Huddersfield, 3407 ac., pop. 11,508; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank, 1 newspaper; Mirfield and its neighbourhood are largaly engaged in the mfr. of woollen cloths, carpets, and blankets; there are several collieries.

Mirfield in the Domesday Book

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

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