Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for FERENSBY, or Fernsby

FERENSBY, or Fernsby, a township in Farnham parish, W. R. Yorkshire; 2½ miles NE by N of Knaresborough. Acres, 400. Pop., 86. Houses, 24. 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: Farnham CP/AP       Yorkshire AncC
Place names: FERENSBY     |     FERENSBY OR FERNSBY     |     FERNSBY
Place: Ferrensby

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