Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for ESHTON

ESHTON, a township in Gargrave parish, W. R. Yorkshire; near the Leeds and Liverpool-canal, 5 miles NW of Skipton. It has a post office under Skipton. Acres, 1, 160. Real property, £1, 356. Pop., 81. Houses, 12 Eshton Hall belonged to the Bindlosses, and passed to the Wilsons.


(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: Eshton CP/Tn       Gargrave AP/CP       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Eshton

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