Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BROMPTON-PATRICK

BROMPTON-PATRICK, a township and a parish in Leyburn district, N. R. Yorkshire. The township lies on an affluent of the river Swale, near the Northallerton and Leyburn railway, 4 miles NW by W of Bedale. Acres, 1,280. Real property, £2,341. Pop., 205. Houses, 43. The parish contains also the townships of Newton-le-Willows, Hunton, and Arrathorne; the first of which has a station on the railway, and the second a post office under Catterick. Acres, 5,757. Real property, £10,035. Pop., 1,216. Houses, 266. The property is much subdivided. The living is a vicarage, united with the vicarage of Hunton, in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £200. Patron, the Bishop of Ripon. The church is good; and there are charities £27.


(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: Leyburn RegD/PLU       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Patrick Brompton

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