Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HAMBLETON

HAMBLETON, a township in Brayton parish, W. R. Yorkshire; on the Selby and Milford junction railway, 4¼ miles W by S of Selby. It has a station on the railway, and a post office under Selby. Acres, 2, 120. Real property, £, 396. Pop., 544. Houses, 120. Hambleton House is a chief residence. There is a Wesleyan chapel.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Brayton AP/CP       Hambleton Tn/CP       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Hambleton

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