In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Collingham like this:
COLLINGHAM, a parish in Tadcaster district, W. R. Yorkshire; on the river Wharfe, near the Harrogate railway, 2 miles SW of Wetherby. Post town, Wetherby, under Tadcaster. Acres, 2, 553. Real property, £2, 005. Pop., 309. Houses, 71. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £414.* Patron, the Rev.Wheler. The church is old but good; and there is a Wesleyan chapel. A school has £27 from endowment; and other charities £31.
Collingham through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Collingham, in Leeds and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12157
Date accessed: 28th April 2024
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