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

BUSBY (Great and Little), two townships in Stokesley parish, N. R. Yorkshire; 2¼ miles S of Stokesley. Acres, 1,368 and 675. Real property, £2,428. Pop., 117 and 38. Houses, 21 and 4.

Great Busby through time

Great Busby 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 Great Busby itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11910

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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