Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for DRAUGHTON

DRAUGHTON, a township in Skipton parish, W. R. Yorkshire; adjacent to the river Wharfe, 3½ miles E by N of Skipton. It has a post office under Skipton. Acres, 2, 257. Real property, £2, 696. Pop., 178. Houses, 40.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Draughton CP/Tn       Skipton Tn/AP/CP       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Draughton

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