Cartworth, West Riding of Yorkshire
Historical Description
Cartworth, a township in Kirkburton parish, in the W.R. Yorkshire, on a branch of the river Colne, 6 miles S of Huddersfield, and 1 from Holmfirth station on the L. & Y.R. It includes part of the hamlet of Scholes. Acreage, 1573; population, 1838. Many of the inhabitants are employed in the woollen manufacture. There are extensive reservoirs for supplying Batley with water. 511
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
| Ancient County | Yorkshire | |
| Civil parish | Kirk Burton | |
| Poor Law union | Huddersfield | |
| Riding | West | |
| Wapentake | Agbrigg |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Cartworth from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Cartworth)
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for the West Riding of Yorkshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Cartworth are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following West Riding newspapers online: