Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for MICKLEY

MICKLEY, a village and a chapelry in Kirkby-Malzeard parish, W. R. Yorkshire. The village stands on the river Ure, amid romantic environs, 5½ miles NW of Ripon r. station; has a post office under Ripon; and is in the township of Azerley. The chapelry is less extensive than the township. Rated property, £530. Pop., 210 'T he property is subdivided. There is a large Mill. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £110.* Patron, the Vicar of Masham. The church is good; and there are a Wesleyan chapel, and a Church of England school.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a chapelry"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Kirkby Malzeard AP/CP       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Mickley

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