FINGALL, or Finghall, a township and a parish in Leyburn district, N. R. Yorkshire. The township lies on the Northallerton and Leyburn railway, 4¼ miles E by S of Leyburn; and has a station, of the name of Finghall Lane, on the railway. Acres, 534. Real property, £2, 396. Pop., 111. Houses, 18. The parish contains also the townships of Akebar, Hutton-Hang, and Burton-Constable; and its post town is Thornton-Steward, under Bedale. Acres, 4, 436. Real property, £5, 634. Pop., 406. Houses, 72. The property is divided among four. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £342.* Patron, M. Wyvill, Esq. The church is ancient but good, and contains monuments of the Wyvills. There are a Wesleyan chapel, and charities £5.

(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))