Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for EASBY

EASBY, a township and a parish in Richmond district, N. R. Yorkshire. The township lies on the river Swale, and on the Richmond railway, 1 mile SE by E of Richmond. Acres, 940. Real property, £2, 441. Pop., 118. Houses, 23. The parish includes also the townships of Skeeby, Aske, and Brompton-upon-Swale; and its post town is Richmond, Yorkshire. Acres, 5, 090. Real property, £8, 630. Pop., 844. Houses, 183. The property is subdivided. A Premonstratensian abbey was founded here, in 1152, by Roald, constable of Richmond: and considerable remains of it still exist. The refectory, 102 feet by 27, has a well-preserved, early-decorated English, east window; the cloister court retains a Norman doorway of the original edifice; the chapter-house is early English, with some later features; the transept of the church retains beautiful clustered columns and some windows; and the gateway, at a short distance from the ruins. continues in excellent preservation, and has a large upper apartment which, after the dissolution, was used as a granary. Easby Hall is the seat of the Champion family. The living is a vicarage, united with the p. curacy of Brampton-on-Swale, in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £160.* Patron, Leonard Jaques, Esq. The church shows features from Norman down to later English; has three sedilia, and a very old Norman font; and was restored in 1869. There are two chapels of ease and a Wesleyan chapel. Charities, £14.


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

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Feature Description: "a township and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Easby AP/CP/Tn       Richmond RegD/PLU       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Easby

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