Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for GRANTLEY

GRANTLEY, a township in Ripon parish, W. R. Yorkshire; 5½ miles WSW of Ripon town and r. station. It has a post office under Ripon; and it gives the title of Baron to the family of Norton. Acres, 743. Real property, with Eaveston, £2, 849. Pop., 235. Houses, 55. Grantley Hall is the seat of Lord Grantley. The township is a chapelry united to Winksley, in the diocese of Ripon.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Grantley CP/Tn       Ripon CP/AP/Tn       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Grantley

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