In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Stonegrave like this:
STONEGRAVE, a township and a parish in Helmsley district, N. R. Yorkshire. The township lies under the Hambledon hills, 1¾ mile NW of Hovingham r. station, and 5¼ SE by S of Helmsley. Acres, 720. Real property, £1,382. Pop., 149. Houses, 31. The parish contains two other townships, and comprises 2,532 acres. ...
Post town, Oswaldkirk, under York. Pop., 290. Houses, 60. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of York. Value, £550.* Patron, the Crown. The church was mainly rebuilt in 1862, in the second pointed or decorated style; but retains portions of the previous structure, either Saxon or early Norman. .
Stonegrave through time
Stonegrave is now part of Ryedale district. Click here for graphs and data of how Ryedale has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Stonegrave itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Stonegrave, in Ryedale and North Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/14293
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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