In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Burton Leonard like this:
BURTON-LEONARD, a parish in Ripon district, W. R. Yorkshire; on the Leeds and Northallerton railway, near Wormald Green station, 4 miles SSE of Ripon. It has a post office under Ripon. Acres, 1,739. Real property, £2,405. Pop., 507. Houses, 121. The property is much subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £140. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of York. The church is tolerable; and there are two Methodist chapels, a n. school, and charities £31.
Burton Leonard through time
Burton Leonard is now part of Harrogate district. Click here for graphs and data of how Harrogate has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Burton Leonard itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Burton Leonard, in Harrogate and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11885
Date accessed: 26th April 2024
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