In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Bilton like this:
BILTON-WITH-HARROGATE, a township and two chapelries in Knaresborough parish and district, W. R. Yorkshire. The township lies on the North Midland railway, 2 miles W of Knaresborough; and contains the Post Town of Harrogate. Acres, 4,800. Real property, £29,286. Pop., 4,563. Houses, 905. ...
The two chapelries are Bilton and Harrogate. Bilton was constituted in 1828. Pop., 407. Houses, 91. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £154. Patron, W. Sheepshanks, Esq. A school has an endowed income of £30. Harrogate, town and chapelry, will be noticed in the article Harrogate.
Bilton through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Bilton, in Harrogate and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11592
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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