Place:


Ingleton  West Riding

 

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Ingleton like this:

INGLETON, a village, a township, and a chapelry, in Bentham parish, W. R. Yorkshire. The village stands on the river Greta, at the junction of the Midland and the Northwestern railways, at the SW skirt of Ingleborough, near some grand rock scenery and some interesting caves, 9 miles NW of Settle; is a seat of petty sessions; and has a railway station, a post office under Lancaster, a police station, a weekly market on Friday, and fairs on the day before Holy Thursday and on 17 Nov.-The township includes Chapel-le-Dale, and comprises 17, 858 acres. ...


Real property, £7, 616. Pop., 1, 247. Houses, 262. Much of the surface is mountain; and much of the scenery is romantic and grand. The rocks include limestone, coal, and slate; and possess much interest for geologists.—The chapelry is less extensive than the township, and excludes Chapel-le-Dale. Pop., 1, 081. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £120. Patron, the Rector of Bentham. The church is ancient, has a tower, and contains a richly sculptured Norman font. There are a Wesleyan chapel, a national school, and charities £15.

Ingleton through time

Ingleton is now part of Craven district. Click here for graphs and data of how Craven has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Ingleton itself, go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Ingleton, in Craven and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13075

Date accessed: 29th March 2024


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