Gomersal

1851 Census – Gomersal District. Descriptions and addresses associated within Enumeration Districts for this area. The Township of Gomersal is covered by Enumeration Districts ED1a - ED1o with one of those districts either missing or omitted.

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Enumeration District: 1a
Ref: HO 107/2323
Superintendent Registrar’s District: Dewsbury
Registrar’s District: Gomersal
Name of Enumerator: Not recorded

Description of Enumeration District:
All that part of the Township of Gomersal commencing in Coach Lane near a house occupied by Benjamin Mortimer, bounded on the south and east by the Township of Batley, Morley, Gildersome and Drighlington, and on the west and north by the centre of the Gelderd Turnpike Road as far as Dark Lane, Owler Lane to Field Head and Field Head Lane to the Township of Drighlington

Enumeration District: 1b
Ref: HO 107/2323
Superintendent Registrar’s District: Dewsbury
Registrar’s District: Gomersal
Name of Enumerator: Not recorded

Description of Enumeration District:
All that part of the Township of Gomersal commencing in Coach Lane near the Coach and Horses public house, bounded on the east and North by the centre of Gelderd Road to Rakes and the centre of the road leading from Rakes to Birstal Town Street, opposite Mr Gomersall's gates and on the west and south by Birstal Town Street to Coach Lane near to Coach and Horses.

Enumeration District: 1c
Ref: HO 107/2323
Superintendent Registrar’s District: Dewsbury
Registrar’s District: Gomersal
Name of Enumerator: Not recorded

Description of Enumeration District:
All that part of the Township of Gomersal commencing in Low Lane near William Farrer's blacksmith's shop, bounded on the east by Birstal Town Street as far as Harker's public house, on the north and west by Chandler's Hill and the road leading from William Bywater's house to Low Lane near Buckley's shop and by the centre of Low Lane to Farrer's blacksmith's shop.

Enumeration District: 1d
Ref: HO 107/2323
Superintendent Registrar’s District: Dewsbury
Registrar’s District: Gomersal
Name of Enumerator: Not recorded

Description of Enumeration District:
All that part of the Township of Gomersal commencing in Coach Lane at the Birstal and Huddersfield Turnpike Road, bounded on the east and north by the centre of Low Lane and the road leading from Buckley's shop to William Bywater's house and the road leading from thence to Low Lane and the Leeds and Elland Turnpike Road to the Gomersal and Dewsbury Turnpike Road on th west by the centre of that road to Township of Batley at Smithies and on the South by the Township of Batley to Coach Lane.

Enumeration District: 1e
Ref: HO 107/2323
Superintendent Registrar’s District: Dewsbury
Registrar’s District: Gomersal
Name of Enumerator: Not recorded

Description of Enumeration District:
All that part of the Township of Gomersal commencing at Smithies bounded on the south by Batley Township to the Gomersal Ecclesiastical District near the junction of the Batley and Heckmondwike Townships and thence by the south western angle of Popeley House, across Craven Lane to the Leeds and Elland Turnpike Road on the western side of John Smith's house, and from thence along the boundary of the Gomersal Ecclesiastical District by Monk Ing and other closes to Far Scotland close on the Gomersal and Dewsbury Turnpike Road and thence by that road to Smithies including Smithies, Muffitt Lane and Birstall Church, and including Gomersal Workhouse, one of the Workhouses of the Dewsbury Union.

Enumeration District: 1f
Ref: HO 107/2323
Superintendent Registrar’s District: Dewsbury
Registrar’s District: Gomersal
Name of Enumerator: Not recorded

Description of Enumeration District:
All that part of the Township of Gomersal commencing at the Gomersal and Dewsbury Turnpike road near the National School bounded on the south by the Leeds and Elland Turnpike road and Chandlers Hill by the vicarage to Mr Gomersall's gates and the road leading from Mr Gomersall's gates to Rakes on the east by Dark Lane, Owl Lane and Field Head Lane to the Township of Drighlington on the north by the Township of Drighlington to Warren Lane and down the centre of Warren Lane along the stream passing through Oakwell wood to Nutters Lane and thence to the Far Scotland Close and on the west by the Gomersal and Dewsbury Turnpike road to the National School.

Enumeration District: 1g
Ref: HO 107/2323
Superintendent Registrar’s District: Dewsbury
Registrar’s District: Gomersal
Name of Enumerator: Not recorded

Description of Enumeration District:
All that part of the Township of Gomersal which comprises part of the Ecclesiastical District of Gomersal, commencing on the west side of John Smith's house in the Leeds and Elland Turnpike road, bounded by the centre of that road on the south by the centre of the Holme Land End and Heckmondwike Turnpike road on the west by the centre of Moor Lane on the north and down the middle of Nutter Lane to the beck and from thence to the Far Scotland Closes and by Monk Ing and other closes to the west side of the said John Smith's house.

Enumeration District: 1h
Ref: HO 107/2323
Superintendent Registrar’s District: Dewsbury
Registrar’s District: Gomersal
Name of Enumerator: Not recorded

Description of Enumeration District:
MISSING or OMITTED

Enumeration District: 1m
Ref: HO 107/2323
Superintendent Registrar’s District: Dewsbury
Registrar’s District: Gomersal
Name of Enumerator: Not recorded

Description of Enumeration District:
All that part of the Township of Gomersal comprising part of the Ecclesiastical District of Birkenshaw cum Hunsworth commencing at the junction of the Gomersal and Dewsbury and Holme Lane End and Heckmondwike Turnpike roads near Thomas Boden's public house and proceeding on the north of and excluding Fearnley and Hodgson's dwelling houses to Latham Lane along the centre of that Lane to a point 100 yards south of Drub Lane and thence to the Township of Hunsworth (including Drub Lane, Drub and Maize Brook, and thence by the boundary of Hunsworth Township on the west and north to the Holme Lane End and Heckmondwike Turnpike road at Birkenshaw near Ellison's stone quarry and bounded on the east by the centre of that turnpike road to the said Thomas Boden's public house.

Enumeration District: 1n
Ref: HO 107/2323
Superintendent Registrar’s District: Dewsbury
Registrar’s District: Gomersal
Name of Enumerator: Not recorded

Description of Enumeration District:
All that part of the Township of Gomersal comprising part of the Ecclesiastical District of Birkenshaw cum Hunsworth commencing at Moor Lane near Mr Walker's Porters Lodge bounded on the south west and west by the centre of the Gomersal and Dewsbury and Holme Lane End and Heckmondwike Turnpike roads, on the north by the centre of the Leeds and Whitehall Turnpike road to Hodgson Lane at the Drighlington Township, on the east by Drighlington Township and the centre of Warren Lane through Oakwell, Far Wood and along the stream to Nutter Lane and on the south by the centre of Nutter Lane to the said Mr Walker's Porters Lodge including Birkenshaw Bottoms, Wasp Nest, Highlands and Brecks.

Enumeration District: 1o
Ref: HO 107/2323
Superintendent Registrar’s District: Dewsbury
Registrar’s District: Gomersal
Name of Enumerator: Not recorded

Description of Enumeration District:
All that part of the Township of Gomersal comprising the remainder of such part of the Ecclesiastical District of Birkenshaw cum Hunsworth as lies in the said Township of Gomersal commencing at the Half Way House and bounded on the west by the Holme Lane End and Heckmondwike Turnpike Road tp the Township of Hunsworth near Ellison's stone quarry on the north and east by the Townships of Hunsworth, Tong and Drighlington, and to the south by the centre of the Leeds and Whitehall Turnpike road to the Half Way House.