Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for ROUNCTON (West)

ROUNCTON (West), a parish in Northallerton district, N. R. Yorkshire; 1¾ mile N N W of Welbury r.station, and 8 S by W of Yarm. Post-town, Northallerton. Acres, 1, 500. Real property, £1, 944. Pop., 222. Houses. 47. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of York. Value, £344.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is ancient, has some Norman details, and has been latelyrestored. There is a Wesleyan chapel.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Northallerton RegD/PLU       Yorkshire AncC
Place names: ROUNCTON     |     ROUNCTON WEST     |     WEST ROUNCTON
Place: West Rounton

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