Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Hawes

Hawes, market town and township with ry. sta., Aysgarth par., North-Riding Yorkshire,. 16 miles SW. of Leyburn, 16,021 ac., pop. 1890; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks. Market-day, Tuesday. At Hawes Junction, ry. sta., 5 miles NW., is a meteorological station at an alt. of 1135 ft.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "market town and township with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Yorkshire AncC
Place: Hawes

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