In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Felixkirk like this:
FELISKIRK, or Felixkirk, a township and a parish in Thirsk district, N. R. Yorkshire. The township lies under the Hambleton hills, 3¾ miles NE of Thirsk r. station. Acres, 1, 170. Real property, £1, 561. Pop., 111. Houses, 21. The parish contains also the townships of Thirlby, Boltby, and Sutton-under-Whitstone-Cliffe; and its post town is Thirsk. ...
Acres, 8, 381. Real property, £10, 466. Pop., 878. Houses, 193. The property is divided among a few. Mount St. John here, now belonging to the Elsley family, was anciently the site of a preceptory of the Knights of St. John. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York. Value, £450. Patron, the Archbishop of York. The church was almost entirely rebuilt in 1860; and was constructed on the model of the previous church, which had a Norman chancel and an early English nave. There are chapels for Independents and Wesleyans.
Felixkirk through time
Felixkirk is now part of Hambleton district. Click here for graphs and data of how Hambleton has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Felixkirk itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Felixkirk, in Hambleton and North Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12571
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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