In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Westerdale like this:
WESTERDALE, a parish in Guisbrough district, N. R. Yorkshire; 2½ miles SSW of Castleton r. station, and 7½ SE of Guisbrough. Post town, Castleton, under Yarm. Acres, 15,930. Real property, £2,470; of which £18 are in mines. Pop., 279. Houses, 59. The manor, with W. Hall, belongs to the Hon. ...
Col. Duncombe. Baysdale Abbey belongs to Lord Boyne. Much of the land is moor and mountain. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York. Value, £200.* Patron, the Archbishop of York. The church is good; and there are a Wesleyan chapel, and an endowed school with £15 a year.
Westerdale through time
Westerdale is now part of Scarborough district. Click here for graphs and data of how Scarborough has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Westerdale itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Westerdale, in Scarborough and North Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/14447
Date accessed: 05th May 2024
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