Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BURNSALL

BURNSALL, a township and a parish in Skipton district, W. R. Yorkshire. The township bears the name of Burnsall-with-Thorpe-sub-Montem; lies on the river Wharfe, 10 miles W by S of Pateley-Bridge, and 10 NE of Skipton r. station; and is near Linton and Grassington, which have post offices under Skipton. Acres, 2,968. Real property, £1,979. Pop., 200. Houses, 40. The parish includes also the townships of Coniston-with-Kilnsay, Hetton-with-Boardley, Appletreewick, Hartlington, Rilston, and Cracoe; the two last of which have post offices under Skipton. Acres, 31,331. Real property, £16,337. Pop., 1,275. Houses, 258. The property is subdivided. A number of the inhabitants are employed in cotton and woollen manufactures. The living is a rectory of two portions, united with the p. curacies of Rilston and Coniston, in the diocese of Ripon. Value of the first portion, £315; of the second, £276. Patron of the first portion, the Rev. J. Graham; of the second, Earl Craven. The church was rebuilt in 1858. The chapels of Rilston and Coniston are good; and a chapel at Skyreholme was built in 1837. There is an endowed grammar school with £42 a year.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Burnsall AP/CP       Skipton RegD/PLU       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Burnsall

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