In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Alne like this:
ALNE, a township and a parish in Easingwold district, N. R. Yorkshire. The township lies on an affluent of the Ouse, and on the Northeastern railway, 11½ miles NW by N of York; and it has a station on the railway, and a post office under Easingwold. Acres, 2,240. Real property, £2,428. ...
Pop., 453. Houses, 99. The parish includes also the townships of Youlton, Aldwark, Tollerton, Flawith, and Tholthorpe. Acres, 9,947. Real property, £12,424. Pop., 1,592. Houses, 333. The property is much subdivided. A chief residence is Alne House. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York; and includes the curacy of Aldwark. Value, £415 * Patron, SirCodrington. The church is Norman, and has a carved oaken pulpit, a Norman font, a piscina, and a recumbent alabaster effigies. There are a Wesleyan chapel, and charities £47.
Alne through time
Alne is now part of Hambleton district. Click here for graphs and data of how Hambleton has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Alne itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Alne, in Hambleton and North Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11153
Date accessed: 28th April 2024
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