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RYTHER, a hamlet and a township in Selby district, and a parish partly also in Tadcaster district, W. R. Yorkshire. The hamlet lies on the river Wharfe, 2¾ miles E by S of Ulleskelf r. station, and 6½ N W of Selby; and has a post-office under Tadcaster. The townshipbears the name of Ryther and Ossendike, and comprises 2, 654 acres. Real property, £4, 472. Pop., 326. Houses, 66. The parish contains also the township of Leadhall, and comprises 3, 554 acres. Pop., 372. Houses, 74. The property is subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of York. Value, £619.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. A chapel of ease is in Leadhall; and a Wesleyan chapel and a national school are in Ryther.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a hamlet and a township" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Tadcaster RegD/PLU Yorkshire AncC |
| Place: | Ryther |
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