Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for RICCALL

RICCALL, a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in the district of Selby and E. R. Yorkshire. The village stands near the river Ouse, 4 miles N of Selby r. station; has a post-office under York; and will have a station on the York and Doncaster railway, to be opened in 1869. The parish comprises 3,060 acres. Real property, £4, 383. Pop., 783. Houses, 181. There are two manors, one belonging to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, the other to Lord Wenlock. Wheel Hall was a residence of the Bishops of Durham, and gave place to a farm-house about 1774. Riccall Hall is the residence of G. Whitehead, Esq. Earth-works, called Danes hill, are on Riccall Common; and were formed, in 1066, by the Norsemenunder Harold Harfager, fighting against Harold. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York. Value, £325* Patron, the Archbishop of York. The church was restored in 1865, at a cost of £3, 140; consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with a Norman tower; and containsmonuments of the Wormsleys, Richardsons, and others. There are a slightly endowed school and charities £31.—The sub-district contains also another parish, and parts of two others. Acres, 17, 411. Pop., 3, 487. Houses, 746.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village, a parish, and a sub-district"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Riccall AP/CP       Riccall SubD       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Riccall

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