Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for NESS (East)

NESS (East), a township in Hovingham parish, N. R. Yorkshire; on the river Rye, near the Roman road from Cleveland to Malton, 2 miles N E of Hovingham r. station. Acres, 670. Pop., 49. Houses, 9. The manor, with Ness Hall, belongs to the Kendallfamily. Limestone is worked; and Roman relics have been found.


(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: East Ness CP/Tn       Hovingham AP/CP/Tn       Yorkshire AncC
Place names: EAST NESS     |     NESS     |     NESS EAST
Place: Ness

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