GOMERSALL, a township comprising Great Gomersall
and Little Gomersall, in the parish of BIRSTALL,
wapentake of MORLEY, West riding of the county of
YORK, containing 5952 inhabitants. Great Gomersall
is 5 miles (S.E.),and Little Gomersall 6 (S.E. by S.),
from Bradford. The Independents, Moravians, and
Wesleyan Methodists, have each a place of worship here.
Blankets and woollen cloths are manufactured to a considerable
extent, and there are coal works in the immediate
neighbourhood. Though the village of Birstall is
within the limits of this township, it gives name to the
parish of which Gomersall forms a part.