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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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WENSLEY, a village, a township, and a parish, in Leyburn district, N. R. Yorkshire. The village stands on the river Ure, 1½ mile SW of Leyburn r. station; gives the name of Wensleydale to the Ure's valley from its head down to Jervaux abbey; is a pretty place; and has a post-office under Bedale, and a three-arched bridge. The township comprises 1,968 acres. Real property, £2,895. Pop., 318. Houses, 61.—The parish includes Leyburn, Preston-under-Scar, Redmire, and Castle-Bolton townships; and comprises 14,281 acres. Pop. in 1851, 2,105; in 1861, 2,337. Houses, 449. The manor belongs to Lord Bolton. The property is subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £1,337.* Patron, Lord Bolton. The church is of different periods, and handsome. The p. curacy of Castle-Bolton-with-Redmire is a separate benefice. There are an Independent chapel of 1865, Wesleyan chapels, national schools, and charities £70.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village, a township, and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Wensley AP/CP Leyburn RegD/PLU Yorkshire AncC |
| Place: | Wensley |
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