A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
CONISTON-COLD, a township in Gargrave parish, and a chapelry in Gargrave and Kirkby-in-Malhamdale parishes, W. R. Yorkshire. The township lies on the river Aire, the Leeds and Liverpool canal, and the Bradford, Skipton, and Colne railway, 2 miles WNW of Gargrave r. station, and 6 WNW of Skipton. It includes the hamlet of Bell-Busk; and has a post office under Skipton. Acres, 1, 282. Real property, £1, 768. Pop., 238. Houses, 47. The chapelry was constituted in 1847. Rated property, £1, 832. Pop., 265. Houses, 51. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the dio. of Ripon. Value, £90.* Patron, P. Garforth, Esq. The church is modern; and there are charities £22.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Yorkshire AncC |
| Place: | Coniston Cold |
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