In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Baldersby like this:
BALDERSBY, a township and a chapelry in Topcliffe parish, N. R. Yorkshire. The township lies on the river Swale and on the Leeds and Thirsk railway, 5 miles NE of Ripon. It has a station on the railway, of the name of Baldersby-Gate: and its Post Town is Topcliffe, under Thirsk. Acres, 1,752. Real property, £3,360. Pop., 333. Houses, 67. The chapelry is more extensive than the township. Pop. in 1851, 687. The property belongs to two. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of York. Value, £120.* Patron, Viscount Downe. The church is new.
Baldersby through time
Baldersby is now part of Harrogate district. Click here for graphs and data of how Harrogate has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Baldersby itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Baldersby, in Harrogate and North Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11442
Date accessed: 24th April 2024
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