Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Spofforth

Spofforth, par., township, and vil. with ry. sta., E. div. West-Riding Yorkshire - par., 13,062 ac., pop. 3745; township (Spofforth with Stockeld), partly also in Kirk Deighton par., 5466 ac., pop. 856; vil., 3½ miles NW. of Wetherby by rail; P.O., T.O.; on an eminence at SW. side of vil. stand the ruins of Spofforth Castle (1309); in vicinity is Spofforth Hall, seat.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish, township, and village with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Spofforth AP/CP       Spofforth With Stockeld Tn/CP       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Spofforth

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