Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for THORNTON-STEWARD

THORNTON-STEWARD, a parish in Leyburn district, N. R. Yorkshire; 2 miles S of Finghall-Lane r. station, and 6½ WSW of Bedale. It has a post-office under Bedale. Acres, 2,079. Real property, £3,577. Pop., 253. Houses, 47. The manor belongs to Lord Bolton. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £234.* Patron, the Bishop of R. There are a Wesleyan chapel and an endowed school.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Thornton Steward CP/AP       Leyburn RegD/PLU       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Thornton Steward

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