GENUKI: Guiseley, Yorkshire (West Riding) (original) (raw)

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The Ancient Parish of GUISELEY

[Transcribed information mainly from the early 1820s]

"GUISELEY, a parish-town, in the upper-division of the wapentake of Skyrack, liberty of Cawood, Wistow, and Otley; 2 miles S. of Otley, 9 from Bradford, 10 from Leeds, 29 from York. Pop. 1,213. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Oswald (see Churches for photograph), in the deanry of the Ainsty, value, £26. Patron, Trinity College, Cambridge.

Trinity College, Cambridge, "has only the third turn of presentation, which is the next." Camb. Caland. 1822."

Information on the following places in this Parish is contained on a supplementary page.

Acacia Cot Carlton Esholt Horsforth Nether Yeadon New Laiths Park Gate Hall Rawdon Scotland Upperwood House Yeadon

[Description(s) edited from various 19th century sources by Colin Hinson © 2013]

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