Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WHENBY

WHENBY, a parish in Easingwold district, N. R. Yorkshire; 5 miles S by E of Gilling r. station. Post town, Easingwold. Acres, 1,010. Real property, £1,905. Pop., 109. Houses, 25. The manor belongs to W. Garforth, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York. Value, £121. Patron, W. Garforth, Esq. There is a parochial school.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Whenby AP/CP       Easingwold RegD/PLU       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Whenby

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