Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for GIVENDALE (Great)

GIVENDALE (Great), a township and a parish in Pocklington district, E. R. Yorkshire. The township lies on the Wolds, 4 miles N by E of Pocklington town and r. station. Acres, 741. Pop., 60. Houses, 11. The parish contains also the township of Grimthorpe; and its post town is Bishop-Wilton, under York. Acres, 8, 221. Real property, £1, 468. Pop., 86. Houses, 15. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage, annexed to the vicarage of Millington, in the diocese of York. The church is modern.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Great Givendale With Grimthorpe Ch/CP/AP       Pocklington RegD/PLU       Yorkshire AncC
Place names: GIVENDALE     |     GIVENDALE GREAT     |     GREAT GIVENDALE
Place: Great Givendale

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