Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for CARLTON-HIGHDALE

CARLTON-HIGHDALE, a township in Coverham parish, N. R. Yorkshire; in Highdale, 9 miles SW of Middleham. It includes the hamlets of Gammersgill, Horsehouse, Swineside, Arkleside, Blackrake, Braidley, Woodale, Hindlethwaite, Pickill, West Close, Flensop, and Coverhead. Acres, 12,480. Real property, £2,863. Pop., 363. Houses, 69. The surface is the upper part of a mountain vale, traversed by a tributary of the river Ure; and ascends in high bleak tracts, called CarltonMoors, at the boundary with the west riding.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Carlton Highdale CP/Tn       Coverham CP/AP       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Carlton Highdale

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