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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
GREWELTHORPE, or GRAVELTHORPE, a village, a township, and a chapelry in Kirkby Malzeard parish, N. R. Yorkshire. The village stands near the river Ure, 3 miles S of Masham, and 7 W by S of Wath r. station; has picturesque environs; and is notable for cream cheese. The township includes also Kessmoor hamlet; and its post town is Masham, under Bedale. Acres, 3, 820. Real property, £4, 729. Pop., 541. house, 123. The property is much subdivided. Romantic scenery, with a series of cascades, and with armature of embellished grinnds and artificial structures, occurs at Hackfall, and attracts many visitors in the summer months. Stone is largely quarried. The chapelry is less extensive than the township, and was constituted in 18 48. Rated property, £2, 217. Pop., 483. house, 1 11. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £130. Patron, the Vicar of Masham and Kirkby Malzeard. The church is very good; and there is a Wesleyan chapel.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village, a township, and a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Grewelthorpe Tn/CP Kirkby Malzeard AP/CP Yorkshire AncC |
| Place names: | GRAVELTHORPE | GREWELTHORPE | GREWELTHORPE OR GRAVELTHORPE |
| Place: | Grewelthorpe |
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