Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Menston

Menston, eccl. dist., township, and vil. with ry. sta., Otley par., E. div. West-Riding Yorkshire - dist., pop. 871; township, 1126 ac., pop. 662; vil., 2½ miles SW. of Otley and 12 NW. of Leeds by rail; P.O.; Menston was formerly a seat of the Fairfax family.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "ecclesiastical district"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Menston Tn/CP       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Menston

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