Sharleston, West Riding of Yorkshire
Historical Description
Sharleston, a township in Warmfield parish, W.R. Yorkshire, midway between Wakefield and Pontefract, 2 miles S of Normanton, with a station on the L. & Y.R., and a post and money order office, of the name of Sharleston Common, under Wakefield; telegraph office, Normanton. Acreage, 1199; population, 2256. There is a parish council consisting of eleven members. Sharleston Hall is a Tudor edifice, belonging to the Earl of Westmorland, who is lord of the manor. Extensive collieries are worked, and brick-making is carried on. There is a chapel of ease.
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: