Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BEWERLEY

BEWERLEY, a township in Ripon parish, W. R. Yorkshire; on the river Nidd, adjacent to Pateley-Bridge, 11 miles NW of Ripley. It includes part of the village of Greenhow-Hill. Acres, 5,872. Real property, £4,973; of which £1,051 are in mines. Pop., 1,297. Houses, 288. The inhabitants are chiefly employed in lead mines. Bewerley House is the seat of the Yorkes.


(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: Bewerley Tn/CP       Ripon CP/AP/Tn       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Bewerley

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