Otley, Leeds

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Otley is a town in Leeds

Other current and historical names

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

Otley in historic gazetteers

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

Otley.-- market town, par., and township with ry. sta., E. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, on river Wharfe, 10 miles N. of Bradford and 196½ miles from London - par., 23,759 ac., pop. 17,787; town and township, 2370 ac., pop. 6806; P.O., T.O., 3 Banks, 1 newspaper. Market-day, Friday. Otley appears in Domesday Book as Othelia. It occupies a fine situation, and has many interesting associations. Machine-making is the principal industry; there are also worsted and leather mfrs., tanning, brick and tile making, printing, &c., and a good trade in agricultural produce.

Otley in the Domesday Book

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

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