FEWSTON, a township, a parish, and a sub-district in Otley district, W. R. Yorkshire. The township lies on the river Washburn, in Knaresborough forest, 4¼ miles SSW of Darley r. station, and 6 N of Otley. Acres, 1, 760. Real property, £1, 950. Pop. in 1851, 399; in 1861, 496. Houses, 100. The increase of pop. arose from the opening of a large silk mill. The parish contains also the townships of Blubberhouses, Great Timble, and Clifton-with-Norwood; the first of which has a post office under Otley. Acres, 16, 584. Rated property, £8, 235. Pop., 1, 485. Houses, 313. The property is much subdivided. The living is a vicarage, united with the p. curacy of Thurcross, in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £150.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The parish church has a square tower, and is good. The church of Thurcross is small. There is also a new chapelry of Blubberhouses, with p. curate; but no statistics of it, either civil or ecclesiastical, are returned. There are three Wesleyan chapels, a Primitive Methodist chapel, two public schools, and charities £36.—The sub-district contains also another parish, and parts of two others. Acres, 21, 273. Pop., 2, 526. Houses, 511.

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