Other current and historical names
Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Rothwell within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.
Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew
Rothwell.-- town, par., and township, S. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, 4 miles SE. of Leeds - par., 9010 ac., pop. 12,182; town and township, 3302 ac., pop. 5105; P.O., T.O, 1 newspaper; has extensive collieries; remains exist of a castle of the Lacys.
A village in Morley hundred, in the county of Yorkshire.