Description
Cartworth, a township in Kirkburton parish, in the W. R. Yorkshire, on a branch of the river Colne, 6 miles S of Huddersfield, and 1 from Holmfirth station on the L. & Y.R. It includes part of the hamlet of Scholes. Acreage, 1573 ; population, 1838. Many of the inhabitants are employed in the woollen manufacture. There are extensive reservoirs for supplying Batley with water.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
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