Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BISHOPSIDE (High and Low)

BISHOPSIDE (High and Low), a township in Ripon parish, W. R. Yorkshire; on the river Nidd, 11 miles WSW of Ripon. It includes the town of Pateley-Bridge, and the hamlets of Fell-Beck, Raikes, Smelthouse, Waths, Whitehouses, and Wilsil. Acres, 5,813. Real property, £6,180. Pop., 2,052. Houses, 439.


(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: High and Low Bishopside CP/Ch       Ripon CP/AP/Tn       Yorkshire AncC
Place: High and Low Bishopside

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