Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HEWORTH

HEWORTH, a township in St. Saviour, St. Cuthbert, and St. Olave-Marygate parishes, N. R. Yorkshire; 1 mile NE of York. It has a post office under York. Acres, 1, 330. Real property, £5, 595. Pop., 437. Houses, 84. Pop. of the St. S. portion, 225; of the St.portion, 135; of the St. O. portion, 177. The manor belongs to George Hornby, Esq. Market gardening is carried on; and bricks and tiles are made. There are a Wesleyan chapel and a private lunatic asylnm.


(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: Yorkshire Ancient County
Place: Heworth

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