Norland or Northland, West Riding of Yorkshire
Historical Description
Norland or Northland, a village and a township in the W.R. Yorkshire. The township stands on the river Galder, 1¼ mile from Sowerby Bridge station on the L. & Y.R., and 2½ miles SW of Halifax. Post town and money order and telegraph office, Sowerby Bridge. Acreage, 1273; population, 1977. There is a parish council consisting of nine members. It also sends one representative to the district council. There is a cotton mill. The manor belongs to Lord Savile. Norland was formed into an ecclesiastical parish in 1877. Population, 1024. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Wakefield; gross value, £182 with residence. Patron, the Vicar of Halifax. The church is in the Early English style, erected in 1866, and consists of chancel, nave, and bell-turret. There are Baptist, Free Reformed Methodist, and Primitive Methodist chapels.
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for the West Riding of Yorkshire is available to browse.
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following West Riding newspapers online: