Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BOULBY

BOULBY, a hamlet in Easington parish, N. R. Yorkshire; 9 miles E of Guisborough. Extensive alum-works have been in operation here since 1615. An old edifice, now a farmhouse, was the seat of the Conyerses.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a hamlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Yorkshire AncC
Place: Boulby

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