Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WESTON

WESTON, a township and a parish in Otley district, W. R. Yorkshire. The township lies on the river Wharfe, 2 miles WNW of Otley r. station. Acres, 1,372. Real property, £1,940. Pop., 112. Houses, 19. The parish includes Askwith township, and comprises 4,552 acres. Post town, Otley. Pop., 450. Houses, 95. The manor is divided among three; and W. Hall is the seat ofDawson, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £104. Patron, W. V. Carter, Esq. The church is Norman and early English.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Weston CP/AP       Otley RegD       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Weston

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