Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Witton, East

Witton, East, par. and vil., North-Riding Yorkshire - par., 7054 ac., pop. 476; consists of 2 townships - East Witton Within, 2610 ac., pop. 240, and East Witton Without, 4444 ac., pop. 236; vil., 3½ miles SE. of Leyburn; P.O.; has a brewery, a lead mine, and freestone quarries.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: East Witton AP       Yorkshire AncC
Place names: EAST WITTON     |     WITTON     |     WITTON EAST
Place: East Witton

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