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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Redmire like this:
REDMIRE, a township-chapelry, with a small village, in Wensley parish, N. R. Yorkshire; on the river Ure, 4¾ miles W of Leyburn r. station. Post-town, Leyburn, under Bedale. Acres, 2, 219. Real property, £2, 668; of which £50 are in mines. Pop., 440. Houses, 83. The property is much subdivided. ...
The manor belongs to Lord Bolton. Coal is found; lead was formerly mined; and there is a strong sulphurous spring. The living is ap. curacy, united with the chapelry of Bolton, in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £115. Patron, the Rector ofwensley. The church has a Norman doorway. There is an endowed school with £19 a year.
Redmire 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 Redmire itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Redmire, in North Yorkshire and North Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/14120
Date accessed: 09th February 2026
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