In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Heck like this:
HECK, or Hick, a township in Snaith parish, W. R. Yorkshire; on the Goole canal, 3½ miles W by S of Snaith. It contains the hamlets of Great Heck and Little Heck; and has a Wesleyan chapel. Acres, 1, 740. Real property, £1, 891. Pop., 278. Houses, 58.
Heck through time
Heck is now part of Selby district. Click here for graphs and data of how Selby has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Heck itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Heck, in Selby and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12879
Date accessed: 20th April 2024
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