Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Hornby

Hornby, par. and township, North-Riding Yorkshire, 3 miles NE. of Newton-le-Willows - par., 6463 ac. (including part of Patrick Brompton par.), pop. 451; township, 1591 ac., pop. 90; contains Hornby Castle, seat of the Duke of Leeds.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish and township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Yorkshire AncC
Place: Hornby

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