Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HORNBY

HORNBY, a township in Great Smeaton parish, N. R. Yorkshire; near the river Tees and the Northeastern railway, 7½ miles N of Northallerton. Acres, 2, 050. Real property, £2, 112. Pop., 229. Houses, 50. Hornby Grange is a chief residence. There is a Wesleyan chapel.


(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: Great Smeaton AP/CP/Tn       Hornby CP/Tn       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Hornby

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