Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HECK, or Hick

HECK, or Hick, a township in Snaith parish, W. R. Yorkshire; on the Goole canal, 3½ miles W by S of Snaith. It contains the hamlets of Great Heck and Little Heck; and has a Wesleyan chapel. Acres, 1, 740. Real property, £1, 891. Pop., 278. Houses, 58.


(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: Heck Tn/CP       Snaith AP/Tn       Yorkshire AncC
Place names: HECK     |     HECK OR HICK     |     HICK
Place: Heck

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