Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for ARNCLIFFE

ARNCLIFFE, a township and a subdistrict in the district of Settle, and a parish chiefly in that district but partly also in the district of Skipton, W. R. Yorkshire. The township lies on the river Wharfe, 10 miles NE of Settle r. station, and has a post office under Skipton. Acres, 5,790. Real property, £1,884. Pop., 174. Houses, 36. The subdistrict comprises also the townships of Hawkeswick, Litton, and Halton-Gill. Acres, 20,797. Pop., 405. Houses, 87. The parish includes also the township of Buckden. Acres, 34,021. Real property, £12,099. Pop., 740. Houses, 159. The property is considerably divided. Much of the land is hilly and moorish; but many spots, near the streams, are low and pleasant. Manufacturing industry, in textile fabrics, employed many of the inhabitants, but has much declined. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £36.* Patron, University College, Oxford. The church is old, and has been carefully restored. The p. curacies of Halton-Gill and Hubberholme are separate incumbencies. A school has £28 from endowment, and other charities £34.


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

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

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