Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for KIRKLINGTON

KIRKLINGTON, a village and a township in Bedale district, and a parish partly also in Ripon district, N. R. Yorkshire. The village stands 1 mile W of Sinderby r. station, and 6 ½ SE of Bedale; and has a post office under Ripon. The township bears the name of Kirklingtonwith-Upsland, and comprises 1, 910 acres. Real property, £3, 395. Pop., 311. Houses, 63. The parish contains also the townships of East Tanfield and SuttonHowgrave. Acres, 3, 807. Real property, £5, 751. Pop., 471. Houses, 91. The property is divided among a few. There are the remains of a fine old Hall of the Wandesfords. There are vestiges of a camp, debatably Roman or Danish. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £1, 034.* Patron, the Hon.B. Wandesford. The church is ancient, was restored in 1859, and has a tower. There are a national school, and charities, £48.


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

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Feature Description: "a village and a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Yorkshire AncC
Place: Kirklington

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