Wigglesworth, West Riding of Yorkshire
Historical Description
Wigglesworth, a township in the Settle union, W.R. Yorkshire, 6 miles SSW of Settle, and 2 from Long Preston station on the M.R. Post town, Settle; money order and telegraph office, Long Preston, under Leeds. Acreage, 4288; population, 207. There are an endowed school and a Wesleyan chapel.
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 | Long Preston | |
Poor Law union | Settle | |
Riding | West | |
Wapentake | Staincliffe West |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Wigglesworth from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Wigglesworth)
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: