In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Healey like this:
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.
Healey through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Healey, in Harrogate and North Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12873
Date accessed: 26th April 2024
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