Place:


Dacre  West Riding

 

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Dacre like this:

DACRE, a township-chapelry and a sub-district, in Pateley-Bridge district, W. R. Yorkshire. The chapelry is in Ripon parish; lies on the river Nidd and the Nidd Valley railway, 4 miles SE by S of Pateley-Bridge; has a station of the name of Dacre-Banks, on the railway; and contains the hamlets of Hayshaw and the Heights. ...


Post town, Birstwith, under Ripley. Acres, 5, 290. Real property, £4, 026. Pop., 739. Houses, 138. Many of the inhabitants are employed in lead mines and in the linen manufacture. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £95.* Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Ripon. The church was built in 1837. There are a Wesleyan chapel, and charities £12. The sub-district bears the name of Dacre-Banks; and includes a township of Kirkby-Malzeard parish and an extra-parochial tract. Acres, 11, 660. Pop., 3, 071. Houses, 582.

Dacre through time

Dacre is now part of Harrogate district. Click here for graphs and data of how Harrogate has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Dacre itself, go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Dacre, in Harrogate and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12257

Date accessed: 28th March 2024


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