Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for STAINLEY (South)

STAINLEY (South), a parish in Ripon district, W. R. Yorkshire; 1 mile S by E of Wormald-Green r. station, and 5½ S of Ripon. It includes Cayton hamlet, and has a post-office under Leeds. Acres, 1,800. Real property, £3,054; of which £40 are in quarries. Pop., 259. Houses, 46. S. House andHall are chief residences. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £119. Patron, Mrs. R. Reynard. The church is modern: and there is a Wesleyan chapel.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Ripon RegD/PLU       Yorkshire AncC
Place names: SOUTH STAINLEY     |     STAINLEY     |     STAINLEY SOUTH
Place: South Stainley

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