Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for PRESTON-UNDER-SCAR

PRESTON-UNDER-SCAR, a township in Wensley parish, N. R. Yorkshire; 2 miles W of Leyburn. Acres, 2, 509. Real property, £13, 663; of which £7,000 are in mines. Pop, 434. Houses, 82.


(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: Wensley AP/CP       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Preston under Soar

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