Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for KILVINGTON (SOUTH)

KILVINGTON (SOUTH), a township and a parish in Thirsk district, N. R. Yorkshire. The township lies on the rivulets Cod beck and Whitelass beck, 2 miles N of Thirsk r. station. Acres, 1, 051. Real property, £2, 138. Pop., 233. Houses, 58. The parish contains also the townships of Upsall and Thornbrough; and its post town is Thirsk. Acres, 2, 871. Real property, £4, 288. Pop., 360. Houses, 77. The property is subdivided. Kilvington House is a chief residence. A castle of the Scrope family was at Upsall. The living is a rectory in the diocese of York. Value, £511.* Patron, Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. The church is ancient but good; has a wooden tower; and contains a font of the time of Edward IV., engraved with the arms of the Scrope family. There is a Roman Catholic chapel.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: South Kilvington AP/CP       Thirsk RegD/PLU       Yorkshire AncC
Place names: KILVINGTON     |     KILVINGTON SOUTH     |     SOUTH KILVINGTON
Place: South Kilvington

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