Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HEBDEN

HEBDEN, a township in Linton parish, W. R. Yorkshire; on the river Wharfe, 8 miles NNE of Skipton. It has a post office under Skipton, and a chapel of ease. Acres, 3, 583. Real property, £1, 649; of which £250 are in mines. Pop., 435. Houses, 99. Much of the surface consists of Hebden moor.


(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: Hebden

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