Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Riccall

Riccall, par. and vil. with ry. sta., East-Riding Yorkshire, 4 miles N. of Selby, 2667 ac., pop. 780; P.O.; near vil. is Riccall Hall, seat; on Riccall Common are earthworks formed in 1066 by the Norsemen under Harold Haarfager.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish and village with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Riccall AP/CP       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Riccall

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