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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Preston under Soar like this:
PRESTON-UNDER-SCAR, a township in Wensley parish, N. R. Yorkshire; 2 miles W of Leyburn. Acres, 2, 509. Real property, £13, 663; of which £7,000 are in mines. Pop, 434. Houses, 82.
Preston under Soar is now part of NORTH YORKSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTH YORKSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Preston under Soar itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Preston under Soar, in North Yorkshire and North Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13931
Date accessed: 09th February 2026
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