Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for RILSTON

RILSTON, a township-chapelry in Burnsall parish, W. R. Yorkshire; 5 miles N N W of Skipton r. station. It has a post-office under Skipton. Acres, 3,050. Real property, £1, 776. Pop., 107. Houses, 22. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the rectory of Burnsall, in the diocese of Ripon. The church was formerly the private chapel of the Norton family of Norton Tower.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township-chapelry"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Burnsall AP/CP       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Rylstone

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