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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
ESHOLT, a township-chapelry in Otley parish, W. R. Yorkshire; on the river Aire, near the Leeds and Liverpool canal, 3½ miles NE of Shipley r. station, and 5¾ N of Bradford. Post town, Guiseley, under Leeds. Real property, with Hawksworth, £4, 528. Pop., 369. Houses, 75. The property is divided among a few. A Cistertian nunnery was founded here, in the 12th century, by Simon de Ward; went to the Calverleys; and passed to the Stansfields. Esholt Hall, a splendid modern mansion, the seat of W. R.Stansfield, Esq., now occupies the nunnery's site. The chapelry was constituted in 1854. The living is a p. curacy, united with the p. curacy of Hawksworth, in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £100. Patron, W. R.Stansfield, Esq. The church is recent; and there are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township-chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Esholt CP/Tn Otley AP/CP/Tn Yorkshire AncC |
| Place: | Esholt |
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