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In 1822, the following places were in


the Parish of Normanton:


"ALTOFTS, in the parish of Normanton, Agbrigg division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 4 miles NE. of Wakefield, 5½ from Wetherby. Pop. 404."


"NEWLAND PARK, (the seat of Sir Edward Smith Dodsworth, Bart.) in the township and parish of Normanton, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley; 4½ miles from Wakefield, 6½ from Pontefract.

Sir Edward Smith, the second and present Baronet, was born in 1768, and in 1789, succeeded his father, Sir John Silvester, to the Baronetage, who married a daughter of the late John Dodsworth, Esq. of Watlass, in this county. He took the name of Dodsworth in 1821."


"SNYDALE, in the parish of Normanton, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; (the seat of Thomas Hodson, Esq.) 3½ miles W. of Pontefract, 6 from Wakefield. Pop. 119."


"STREETHOUSE, 2 farm-houses in the township of Snydale, and parish of Normanton; 4 miles SW. of Pontefract, 5 from Wakefield."


"WOODHOUSE, a hamlet in the township and parish of Normanton, liberty of Wakefield, 4 miles NNW. of Pontefract, 5½ from Wakefield."

[Description(s) edited from various 19th century sources by Colin Hinson © 2007]


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