Batley, Kirklees

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Batley is a town in Kirklees

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

Batley in historic gazetteers

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

Batley, mun. bor., par., and township, S. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, 1½ mile N. of Dewsbury and 8 miles SW. of Leeds by rail -- par. (partly in parl. bor. of Dewsbury), 6286 ac., pop. 47,959; bor. and township, 2039 ac., pop. 27,505; 2 Banks, 2 newspapers. It is a chief seat for mfr. of army cloths and coarse woollens, having about 50 factories. B. has an ancient par. church and free grammar-school. Batley Carr, eccl. dist. and ry. sta., Dewsbury par., S. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, pop. 4082; P.O., T.O.

Batley in the Domesday Book

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

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