Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HEALEY

HEALEY, a village, a township, and a chapelry in Masham parish, N. R. Yorkshire. The village stands 2 miles W by S of Masham, and 6¾ S of Finghall Lane r. station; and has a post office under Bedale.-The township bears the name of Healey-with-Sutton. Acres, 4, 827. Real property, £2, 617. Pop., 317. Houses, 65.—The chapelry was constituted in 1849. Rated property, £4, 364. Pop., 900. Houses, 214. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to Admiral Harcourt. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £185.* Patron, the Vicar of Masham. The church was built in 1848, and is a cruciform edifice, with tower and spire. There is a free school.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village, a township, and a chapelry"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Masham AP/CP       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Healey

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