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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Carlton Town like this:
CARLTON, a township in Coverham parish, N. R. Yorkshire; in Highdale, 5 miles SSW by W of Middleham. It has a post office under Bedale. Acres, 2,716. Real property, £1,931. Pop., 276. Houses, 69. The surface is the lower part of an upland vale, traversed by a tributary of the river Ure. See Carlton-Highdale.
Carlton Town 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 Carlton Town itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Carlton Town, in North Yorkshire and North Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11967
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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