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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Burton Leonard like this:
BURTON-LEONARD, a parish in Ripon district, W. R. Yorkshire; on the Leeds and Northallerton railway, near Wormald Green station, 4 miles SSE of Ripon. It has a post office under Ripon. Acres, 1,739. Real property, £2,405. Pop., 507. Houses, 121. The property is much subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £140. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of York. The church is tolerable; and there are two Methodist chapels, a n. school, and charities £31.
Burton Leonard 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 Burton Leonard itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Burton Leonard, in North Yorkshire and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11885
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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