In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Downholme like this:
DOWNHOLME, or Downham, a township in Richmond district, and a parish partly also in Reeth district, N. R. Yorkshire. The township lies on the river Swale, 4¼ miles SW of Richmond r. station. Acres, 1, 294. Real property, £1, 577. Pop., 138. Houses, 27. The parish includes also the townships of Stainton, Walburn, and Ellerton-Abbey; and its post town is Marrick, under Richmond, Yorkshire. ...
Acres, 5, 915. Real property, £2, 996. Pop., 241. Houses, 48. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £75. Patron, J. T. Hutton, Esq. The church is later Norman; has an old font; and is good. Charities, £8.
Downholme through time
Downholme is now part of Richmondshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how Richmondshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Downholme itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Downholme, in Richmondshire and North Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12310
Date accessed: 14th June 2024
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