Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for CARLTON

CARLTON, a township in Coverham parish, N. R. Yorkshire; in Highdale, 5 miles SSW by W of Middleham. It has a post office under Bedale. Acres, 2,716. Real property, £1,931. Pop., 276. Houses, 69. The surface is the lower part of an upland vale, traversed by a tributary of the river Ure. See Carlton-Highdale.


(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: Coverham CP/AP       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Carlton Town

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