Downtime: The Genuki web service will be unavailable on Tues 24 Apr from 10:00 BST for approximately two hours whilst some software updates are installed.
Open a form to report problems or contribute information
Harwood
John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72)
Archives and Libraries
Census
Churches
Christ's Church, Harwood, Church of England |
Longsight, Harwood, Wesleyan Methodist |
St Brendan, Harwood, Roman Catholic |
You can also perform a more selective search for churches in the Harwood area or see them printed on a map.
Civil Registration
Gazetteers
Ask for a calculation of the distance from Harwood to another place.
Click here for a list of nearby places.
Historical Geography
Information about boundaries and administrative areas is available from A Vision of Britain through time.
You can see the administrative areas in which Harwood has been placed at times in the past. Select one to see a link to a map of that particular area.
History
Maps
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SD749118 (Lat/Lon: 53.602157, -2.380772), Harwood which are provided by:
- This place shown on a Google map.
- Google Streetview
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- OpenStreetMap
- Bing (was Multimap)
- OldMaps (Old Ordnance Survey maps.)
- Old Maps Online (Other old maps.)
- National Library of Scotland (Best site for old maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- Elgin Road Works
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on a Google / Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on a Google / Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on a Google / Openstreetmap map.
Probate Records
You can also see Family History Societies covering the nearby area, plotted on a map. This facility is being developed, and is awaiting societies to enter information about the places they cover.