In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Tockwith like this:
TOCKWITH, a township-chapelry, with a village, in Bilton parish, W. R. Yorkshire; 2½ miles S of Hammerton r. station, and 5 NE of Wetherby. It has a post-office under York. Acres, 1,610. Real property, £2,883. Pop., 535. Houses, 127. The property is chiefly divided among five. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of York. Value, not reported. Patron, the Archbishop of York. The church was built in 1867; and is in the decorated English style, and cruciform. There is a Wesleyan chapel.
Tockwith through time
Tockwith is now part of Harrogate district. Click here for graphs and data of how Harrogate has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Tockwith itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Tockwith, in Harrogate and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/14388
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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