Stansfield, West Riding of Yorkshire
Historical Description
Stansfield, a township of three divisions-viz., Lower, Middle, and Upper Third-in Halifax parish, W.R. Yorkshire, on the river Calder and the Rochdale Canal, with a station at Eastwood on the L. & Y.R., 10 miles W of Halifax. The township comprises the ecclesiastical parish of Harley Wood, part of the ecclesiastical parish of Cross Stones, and also Backshawhead, Eastwood, Holmbridge, and parts of Hebden Bridge and Mytholmroyd. It has a post, money order, and telegraph office at Eastwood under Todmorden. Acreage, 6331; population, 11,266. Much of the land is moor. Cotton-spinning, bobbin-making, and iron-founding are carried on. There are two churches, and Baptist, Congregational, Primitive Methodist, and Wesleyan 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: