Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for POOLE

POOLE, a village and a township-chapelry in Otley parish, W. R. Yorkshire. The village stands on the river Wharfe, adjacent to the Leeds, Otley, and Ilkley railway, 3 miles E of Otley; and has a station on the railway, and a post-office under Otley. The chapelry comprises 810 acres. Real property, £2, 107. Pop., 337. Houses, 76. The manor belongs to J. Pulleine, Esq. Paper-making is largely carried on, and there is some spinning. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £69. Patron, the Vicar of Otley. The church is recent; and there is a Wesleyan chapel.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a township-chapelry"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Otley AP/CP/Tn       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Pool

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