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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Hackforth like this:
HACKFORTH, a township in Hornby parish, N. R. Yorkshire; 4¼ miles NNW of Bedale. Acres, 1, 264. Real property, £1, 957. Pop., 1 67. Houses, 28. The property belongs to the Duke of Leeds. Bishop Tunstall was a native.
Hackforth is now part of NORTH YORKSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTH YORKSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Hackforth itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Hackforth, in North Yorkshire and North Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12799
Date accessed: 07th November 2025
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