Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for FACEBY

FACEBY, a chapelry in Whorlton parish, N. R. Yorkshire; 2 miles SE of Potto r. station, and 4 SSW of Stokesley. Post town, Swainby, under Northallerton. Acres, 1, 402. Real property, £1, 269. Pop., 164. Houses, 35. Faceby Hall is the seat of the Favells. The living is a p. curacy. Value, £81. Patron, G. W. Sutton, Esq. There is a Primitive Methodist chapel.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a chapelry"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Faceby Ch/CP       Whorlton Ch/CP       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Faceby

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