Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HARMBY

HARMBY, a township in Spennithorne parish, N. R. Yorkshire; adjacent to the Leyburn railway and the river Ure, 1½ mile ESE of Leyburn. It has a post-office under Bedale, and a Wesleyan chapel. Acres, 860. Real property, £1,815. Pop., 263. Houses, 56.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Harmby Tn/CP       Spennithorne CP/AP       North Riding Riding       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Harmby

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