Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for KILLINGHALL

KILLINGHALL, a village and a township in Ripley parish, W. R. Yorkshire. The village stands on the river Nidd, adjacent to the Nidd Valley railway, 1 mile S of Ripley; and has a post office under Leeds. The township comprises 3, 250 acres. Real property, £3, 942. Pop. in 1851, 569; in 1861, 746. Houses, 162. The manor belonged formerly to the Chomleys and the Lawsons, and belongs now to the Duke of Devonshire. There are a Wesleyan chapel and a Church school.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Killinghall CP/Tn       Ripley CP/AP       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Killinghall

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