Place:


Gisburn Forest  West Riding

 

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Gisburn Forest like this:

GISBURN-FOREST, a township in Gisburn parish, W. R. Yorkshire; 8 miles S of Settle. It contains the hamlets of Haughton-Chapel and Owlshaw. Acres, 4, 756. Real property, £2, 491. Pop., 301. Houses, 62.

Gisburn Forest through time

Gisburn Forest is now part of Craven district. Click here for graphs and data of how Craven has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Gisburn Forest itself, go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Gisburn Forest, in Craven and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12720

Date accessed: 29th March 2024


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