Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LINTON-UPON-OUSE

LINTON-UPON-OUSE, a township in Newton-upon-Ouse parish, N. R. Yorkshire; on the upper level of the river Ouse, 6 ½ miles SW of Easingwold. Acres, 2,030. Real property, £2,519. Pop., 253. Houses, 52. The property belongs to University College, Oxford. A selfacting wasteboard was constructed at Naburn-lock on the Upper Ouse navigation, at a cost of £300, and the depth of water thence to Linton-locks was so increased as to admit of vessels of 7 feet draught passing on to Boroughbridge. A Church of England school is here, with endowment of £25 a year.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Linton upon Ouse Tn/CP       Newton upon Ouse CP/AP       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Linton upon Ouse

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