Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BORROWBY

BORROWBY, a township in Leake parish, N. R. Yorkshire; 5 miles N of Thirsk. It has a post office under Thirsk. Acres, 1,280. Real property, £2,098. Pop., 345. Houses, 88. There is a Wesleyan chapel.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Leake CP/AP/Tn       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Borrowby

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