Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Slingsby

Slingsby, par. and vil. with ry. sta., North-Riding Yorkshire - par., 2570 ac., pop. 596; vil., 6 miles NW. of Malton and 30 miles NE. of York; P.O.; in vicinity is Slingsby Castle, a ruined fortress, built in the 11th century.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish and village with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Slingsby AP/CP       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Slingsby

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