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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Downholme like this:
DOWNHOLME, or Downham, a township in Richmond district, and a parish partly also in Reeth district, N. R. Yorkshire. The township lies on the river Swale, 4¼ miles SW of Richmond r. station. Acres, 1, 294. Real property, £1, 577. Pop., 138. Houses, 27. The parish includes also the townships of Stainton, Walburn, and Ellerton-Abbey; and its post town is Marrick, under Richmond, Yorkshire. ...
Acres, 5, 915. Real property, £2, 996. Pop., 241. Houses, 48. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £75. Patron, J. T. Hutton, Esq. The church is later Norman; has an old font; and is good. Charities, £8.
Downholme is now part of NORTH YORKSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTH YORKSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Downholme itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Downholme, in North Yorkshire and North Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12310
Date accessed: 09th December 2025
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