Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for OSMOTHERLEY

OSMOTHERLEY, a village, a township, and a parish, in Northallerton district, N. R. Yorkshire. The villageis beautifully situated, and stands on the source of the Wiske, under the Hambleton Hills, 5 miles S E of Welbury r. station, and 6 E N E of Northallerton; and has a post-office under Northallerton, an ancient weather-worn cross, and fairs on 3 May and 18 Oct. The township comprises 3, 260 acres. Real property, £3, 402: of which £14 are in quarries. Pop in 1851, 935; in 1861, 995. Houses, 235. The parish contains also the townships of Thimbleby, Ellerbeck, and West Harlsey. Acres, 7, 220. Real property, £7, 734. Pop. in 1851, 1, 253; in 1861, 1, 320. Houses, 289. The property is subdivided. A Carthusian priory was founded at Mount Grace, in 1396, by the Duke of Surrey; and has left some remains. An ancient castle was in West Harlsey, and has left some ruins. There are a linen manufactory, bleach-works, and corn mills. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York. Value, £200. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church has a tower, and has been recently repaired. There are chapels for Methodists and Roman Catholics.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village, a township, and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Osmotherley AP/CP       Northallerton RegD/PLU       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Osmotherley

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