In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Blubberhouses like this:

BLUBBERHOUSES, a township in Fewston parish, W. R. Yorkshire; 7 ½ miles N by W of Otley. It has a post office under Otley. Acres, 3,527. Pop., 87. Houses, 15. Here is a small church, built in 1851.

Blubberhouses through time

Blubberhouses 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 Blubberhouses itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Blubberhouses, in North Yorkshire and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11610

Date accessed: 09th April 2026


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