Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for NESS (West)

NESS (West), a township in Stonegrave parish, N. R. Yorkshire; on the river Rye, 3 miles N E of Hovingham r. station. Acres, 910. Pop., 57. Houses, 13. The manor belongs to W. Rutson, Esq. Limestone, forbuilding, is quarried. There is a Wesleyan chapel.


(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: Stonegrave AP/CP       West Ness CP/Tn       Yorkshire AncC
Place names: NESS     |     NESS WEST     |     WEST NESS
Place: Ness

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