Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for RIGTON

RIGTON, a village and a township in Kirkby-Over-blow parish, W. R. Yorkshire. The village stands near the North eastern railway, 6 miles N E by E of Otley; and has a post-office under Otley. The township contains also the hamlet of Brackenfoot, and comprises 3, 120 acres. Real property, £3, 321. Pop., 501. Houses, 102. The manor belongs to the Earl of Harewood. There are a Wesleyan chapel and a large school-house; and the latteris in the Gothic style.


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

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Feature Description: "a village and a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Yorkshire AncC
Place: North Rigton

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