A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
EMBSAY-WITH-EASTBY, a township and a chapelry in Skipton parish, W. R. Yorkshire. The township lies on an affluent of the river Wharfe, 2 miles NW of Skipton town and r. station. It has a post office, of the name of Embsay, under Skipton. Acres 2, 522. Real property, £4, 957. Pop., 1, 028. Houses, 211. Part of the surface is upland, and includes Embsay moor An Augustinian priory was founded at Embsay, in 1121, by William Meschines, and eventually removed to Bolton. The chapelry was constituted in 1855. Pop., 1, 083. Houses, 221. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £176.* Patron, the Rector of Skipton. The church was built in 1853. There are three dissenting chapels and a national school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township and a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Embsay With Eastby CP/Tn Skipton Tn/AP/CP Yorkshire AncC |
| Place: | Embsay |
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