Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Ryedale

Ryedale, wapentake, North-Riding Yorkshire, 132,648 ac., pop. 19,383; takes its name from the valley of the Rye, and contains 16 pars, and parts of 4 others.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "wapentake"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 3rd order divisions")
Administrative units: Yorkshire AncC
Place: Ryedale

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