Place:Woodhouse (near Huddersfield), West Riding of Yorkshire, England

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NameWoodhouse (near Huddersfield)
Alt namesWoodhouse
TypeChapelry
Coordinates53.662°N 1.781°W
Located inWest Riding of Yorkshire, England     ( - 1974)
Also located inYorkshire, England    
West Yorkshire, England     (1974 - )
See alsoHuddersfield, West Riding of Yorkshire, Englandborough in which it was located
Kirklees (metropolitan borough), West Yorkshire, Englandmetropolitan borough covering the area since 1974
source: Family History Library Catalog


A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Woodhouse (near Huddersfield) from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:

"WOODHOUSE, a chapelry in Huddersfield parish, [West Riding of Yorkshire]; within Huddersfield borough. It was constituted in 1844; and its Post town is Huddersfield. Population in 1861: 3,324. Houses: 674. The living is a [perpetual] curacy in the diocese of Ripon. Value: £150. Patron: the Bishop of [Ripon]. The church was built in 1824, at a cost of £4,000; and is in the early English style and cruciform, with tower and spire. There are two Methodist chapels and a national school."

Wikipedia has an article named "Fartown" which may cover the same area.

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