Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Masham

Masham, market town, par., and township with ry. sta., North-Riding Yorkshire - par., 17,018 ac., pop. 2174; township, 2347 ac., pop. 1071; town, on river Ure, 10½ miles NW. of Ripon, pop. 2174; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks. Market-day, Wednesday. Masham gave the title of baron to the family of Scroop.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "market town, parish and township, with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Masham AP/CP       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Masham

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